A little more than a month ago, these birds go, according to a new documentary runaway child who saved Pakistan humanitarian Abdul Sattar Edhi charity street level to play in SXSW Film Festival in Germany Texas Austin.
When she tried to ask a screening question, a woman in the audience broke up.
Just Bassam Tariq and Karachi, Pakistan, to move away from home for children Neiaomaer Mullick glimpse of the exodus appeared, she recalled how she ran away from home, before she was a teenager, fled home severe situation.
"This is a revelation; when a lady was like, 'Well, it seems that the place is actually pretty good," "co-director of the film Tariq said," For me, it is quite large, it is not. like she said, she saw the boy out of control in Pakistan CNN [on things. No, she looked at her own story. "
Woman's comments, Tariq of its response, reflecting Tariq and Mullick has captured the universality of the story. Personal identity, good or bad that deep response, because these birds go round making the festival circuit, including the Toronto hotspot document station Monday, August has been no way to theaters everywhere rare.
Nevertheless, these birds walk is unique to Pakistan, where he ran into a large-scale phenomenon of precarious family situation and the street between the exodus of children, resulting in a story of creative solutions. One solution is to families in Pakistan philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi has been built so that children in Karachi.
Initially, Mullick and Tariq trying to do a movie about Edhi especially. Low-key - but a lot of effective - it had no humanitarian, insisted: "You'll find one of my people my story is there.."
Producer edict to his heart. They investigated Edhi many organizations - his poor poor, the hospital's ambulance service his string, his charity to improve - and in this safe place where children can find shelter and education to solve.
Once the filmmakers focused on the home away from home, Assad, often charged with the families of these children driving an ambulance driver, and between Omar and Shehr formed an unexpected compelling story, in all their wild glory It shows two young boys, free roaming, even though they are what is essentially a foster family.
"We were attracted to a lot of reasons for runaway home, but there is a clear, [for] these children, there is a choice," Tariq told TakePart. "They have a family, they fled, but the idea of conflict they happen, they want it. The whole day, they fly in the main environment, they are trying to be a leader, executive, and when the end of the day, these children will cry because they miss their families, [you see] them as children again. "
Although these birds walk, so that American audiences a rare insight into Pakistan, producers hope it may change the view from inside. As Mullick stated that during the Karachi streets down, he heard the talk that he is willing to show what is in front of his lens.
"I sat beside some of the people who are actually quite crucial and very critical of Edhi, his work," Mullick said. "They were thrown into question the transparency and say, 'Look, why can not run this organization?" How wrong I was [perception] to fight so hard. "
"In fact, Edhi and his foundation have autonomy and can do what he wants in the way, in fact, is the best way to get these people to help Assad [ambulance driver] can actually go there, get his hands dirty in the case and said that [parents], 'Hey, you use' or 'If you do not want this child, let him come back, "and [the children]," If the parents are not good for you, well, they did not come to pick you up. "these things are not in any agreement. And thank God they did not. It allows adaptation Edhi Foundation, which is I think the requirements of Pakistan. "
