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A poor runaway boy and a reluctant ambulance driver in Karachi. Their two lives come together through a dying humanitarian upon whom so much of their daily lives depend.
Leave your thoughts about These Birds Walk.
| RogerEbert.comOmer MozaffarGosh, I love this film. Its every moment touches my heart. |
| The New York TimesNicolas RapoldThe filmmakers record the flash of youth’s headlong energies, its bumps and bruises, and its melancholies and brilliant chaos. |
| Los Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyDeeply moving and devoid of melodrama, These Birds Walk is as pragmatic as its subjects. |
| Slant MagazineKenji FujishimaThe filmmakers use a wide range of cinematic techniques to convey the tenuous environment in which their subjects find themselves. |
| It's Just MoviesRon WilkinsonThrough [Edhi's] eyes, the viewer sees everything that is good and bad about the human condition. |
| Film Comment MagazineEric HynesSuch callousness is refuted by Asad's battle-scarred empathy, old man Edhi's endurance, and the poetry of the film itself, which finds beauty not in poverty but in glimpses and gestures that transcend it. |
| Eye for FilmJennie KermodeSome of the snatches of conversation we hear are like found art, poetic in what they capture and convey. |
| Village VoiceJohn OurslerA touching portrait of youthful resilience and displacement set amid the drab backdrop of war-ravaged Karachi, Pakistan. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatA chilling and compassionate documentary about the plight of runaway children in Karachi, Pakistan, and an elderly humanitarian who has created centers to look after them. |
| Film.comDaniel WalberMight be the single most beautiful documentary of the year. |