100
The New York Times by Nicolas Rapold
The filmmakers record the flash of youth’s headlong energies, its bumps and bruises, and its melancholies and brilliant chaos.
These Birds Walk
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- Pakistan,
- United States
- 2013
- · 71m
Director
Bassam Tariq
Cast
Shehr Ali,
Qayyum Bhai,
Abdul Sattar Edhi,
Asad Ghori,
Ajab Gul
Genre
Documentary,
Drama
A beautifully shot, inspirational documentary about the Edhi children’s shelter, a rare safe haven for Karachi’s runaways and orphans. Over three years, its cranky founder, a spirited child, and an ambulance driver with a heart of gold are filmed, creating a tender portrait of the space where the city’s most vulnerable and dedicated souls meet.
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90
Los Angeles Times by Betsy Sharkey
Deeply moving and devoid of melodrama, These Birds Walk is as pragmatic as its subjects.
88
Slant Magazine
The filmmakers use a wide range of cinematic techniques to convey the tenuous environment in which their subjects find themselves.
83
The Playlist
As with real life, there aren't any stock characters, clear morals, or easy solutions in These Birds Walk.
80
The Dissolve by Scott Tobias
Viewers can walk away with something more precious than factoids: an emotional, aesthetically striking experience that cuts more deeply than words. And if they crave more information, that’s what the Internet is for.
79
Film.com
Might be the single most beautiful documentary of the year.
70
Variety by Peter Debruge
Instead of explaining the system through conventional narration, which would have been extremely helpful, the filmmakers immerse auds in the world they found, capturing its subjects’ behavior with startling candor.
60
Time Out
Those reunions are not always happy ones—one relative claims that his nephew would be less trouble dead — but they offer a brief, striking glimpse into the situations that make such a organization necessary.
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