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These Birds Walk
These Birds Walk
8.7
/10
177 Ratings

THESE BIRDS WALK

Directed by Omar Mullick, Bassam Tariq
Pakistan, United States, 2012
Documentary, Drama

Synopsis

In Karachi, Pakistan, a runaway boy’s life hangs on one critical question: where is home? The streets, an orphanage, or with the family he fled in the first place? These Birds Walk documents the struggles of these wayward street children and the samaritans looking out for them.

Synopsis

In Karachi, Pakistan, a runaway boy’s life hangs on one critical question: where is home? The streets, an orphanage, or with the family he fled in the first place? These Birds Walk documents the struggles of these wayward street children and the samaritans looking out for them.

Our take

An impressionistic documentary about the plight of Pakistani orphans and runaways, These Birds Walk is an immersive and richly rewarding vérité portrait of childhood. The film’s subjects respond candidly to the camera, which captures their daily lives with compassion and with grace.