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Aḥlām al-zabbālīn = Garbage dreams /

احلام الزبالين Garbage dreams /
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Garbage Dreams follows three teenage boys--Adham, a bright precocious 17-year-old; Osama, a charming impish 16-year-old; Nabil, a shy artistic 18-year-old--born into the trash trade and growing up in the world's largest garbage village, located on the outskirts of Cairo. It is a world folded on...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Iskander, Mai (Director, Producer, director of photography.), Badawi, 1973- (composer (expressin))
Format: Video
Language:Arabic
Language Notes:In Arabic with English subtitles; some English spoken.
Published: New York, NY : Cinema Guild, [2009]
Subjects:
Refuse collection > Egypt > Cairo.
Recycling (Waste, etc.) > Egypt > Cairo.
Ragpickers > Egypt > Cairo.
Refuse and refuse disposal > Egypt > Cairo.
Globalization > Economic aspects > Egypt > Cairo.
Refuse collectors > Egypt > Cairo.
Teenage boys > Egypt > Cairo.
Recyclage (Déchets, etc.) > Égypte > Le Caire.
Chiffonniers > Égypte > Le Caire.
Déchets > Élimination > Égypte > Le Caire.
Mondialisation > Égypte > Le Caire.
Garçons adolescents > Égypte > Le Caire.
Globalization > Economic aspects
Ragpickers
Recycling (Waste, etc.)
Refuse and refuse disposal
Refuse collection
Refuse collectors
Egypt > Cairo
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Documentary films
Feature films
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Nonfiction films
Internet videos.
Documentary films.
Feature films.
Nonfiction films.
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Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Garbage Dreams follows three teenage boys--Adham, a bright precocious 17-year-old; Osama, a charming impish 16-year-old; Nabil, a shy artistic 18-year-old--born into the trash trade and growing up in the world's largest garbage village, located on the outskirts of Cairo. It is a world folded onto itself, an impenetrable labyrinth of narrow roadways camouflaged by trash; it is home to 60,000 Zaballeen (or Zabbaleen), Egypt's "garbage people."
Item Description:Title from title screen (viewed Feburary 22, 2022)
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2009.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (79 min., 17 sec.)) : sound, color
Playing Time:01:19:24
Awards:Winner, Al Gore Reel Current Award, Nashville Film Festival, 2009; Winner, Montana Cine International Film Festival, 2009; Winner, Bermuda International Film Festival, 2009; Winner, Mexico International Film Festival, 2009; Winner, Vail Film Festival, 2009; Official Selection, SXSW, 2009; Official Selection, Amsterdam Documentary Film Festival, 2009; Winner, 2010 Directors Guild of America, USA, Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
Production Credits:Co-producer and editor, Kate Hirson ; co-editor, Jessica Reynolds ; original music, Raz Mesinai ; translation, Mostafa Ali.
ISBN:0781513294
9780781513296