Afrikanische Lebenswelten (4) | Ägypten (2) | Müll (3): Das soziale Ökosystem der Müllverwertung von Kairo vor seiner Industrialisierung

Film-Nr.: 442
Vorführungstermin: Samstag, 15. August 2009, 17.30 Uhr (Hauptfilm) [VN44]
Themenschwerpunkt: Afrikanische Lebenswelten (4) | Ägypten (2) | Müll (3)

Englischer Titel: Garbage Dreams
Originaltitel: Garbage Dreams
Deutscher Titel: Müllträume
Herkunft: USA 2009
Laufzeit: 72 min.
Sprachfassung: Arabische Originalfassung mit englischen Untertiteln

Regie: Mai Iskander
Produzent: Mai Iskander
Schnitt: Jessica Reynolds, Kate Hirson
Kamera: Mai Iskander
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URL Film-Homepage: http://www.garbagedreams.com
Premierenstatus: Europäische Erstaufführung
Bisherige Aufführungen: Rhode Island International Film Festival, Rhode Island, USA; Connecticut Film Festival (Connecticut) USA; Seattle International Film Festival, Seattle (Washington) USA; Maryland Film Festival (Maryland) USA; Newport Beach Film Festival, Los Angelos (Kalifornien) USA; Nashville Film Festival (Tennesee) USA; Tallahasee Film Festival (Florida) USA; Vail Film Festival (Colorado) USA; Phoenix Film Festival (Arizona) USA;




Kurzinhalt: Das Leben von drei Teenager-Jungen, die in den Müllhandel der "Zaballeen" im Mokattam-Stadtviertel von Kairo hineingeboren wurden. Lange vor vermeintlich modernen "grünen" Konzepten, haben die rund 60.000.Zaballen ihr Überleben aus der Wiederverwendung von 80 Prozent des gesammelten Mülls gesichert. Als die Stadt Kairo sich nun dem internationalen und globalisierten Müllhandel verschreibt, stehen die Teenager plötzlich vor existenziellen Lebensentscheidungen, die sie selbst und ihre Gemeinschaft betreffen. Der Film von Mai Iskander wurde vom Sundance Dokumentarfilm Institut gefördert.

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Englische Synopsis: Garbage Dreams follows three teenage boys born into the trash trade and growing up in the world's largest garbage village, on the outskirts of Cairo. It is the home to 60,000 Zaballeen, Arabic for 'garbage people.' Far ahead of any modern 'Green' initiatives, the Zaballeen survive by recycling 80 percent of the garbage they collect. When their community is suddenly faced with the globalization of its trade, each of the teenage boys is forced to make choices that will impact his future and the survival of his community.



Englische Werkbeschreibung: 'GARBAGE DREAMS is a moving story of young men searching for a ways to eke out a living for their families and facing tough choices as they try to do the right thing for the planet. Mai Iskander guides us into a 'garbage village,' a place so different from our own, and yet the choices they face there are so hauntingly familiar. Ultimately, GARBAGE DREAMS makes a compelling case that modernization does not always equal progress.' - AL GORE Filmed over four years, 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, a ghetto located on the outskirts of Cairo. It is a world folded onto itself, an impenetrable labyrinth of narrow roadways camouflaged by trash; it is the home to 60,000 Zaballeen (also spelt Zabbaleen), arabic for “garbage people.” For generations, the residents of Cairo have depended on the Zaballeen to collect their trash, paying them only a minimal amount for their garbage collection services. The Zaballeen survive by recycling the city’s waste. These entrepreneurial garbage workers recycle 80% of all the garbage they collect, creating what is arguably the world's most efficient waste disposal system. When the city they keep clean suddenly decides to replace the Zaballeen with multinational garbage disposal companies, the Zaballeen community finds itself at a crossroads. Face to face with the globalization of their trade, each of the teenage boys is forced to make choices that will impact his future and the survival of his community.



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