From their makeshift bird hospital in their tiny basement, two brothers — \u00a0Mohammad Saud and Nadeem Shehzad \u2013 try to care for thousands of the black kites that struggle in New Delhi’s smog-choked skies. As environmental toxicity and civil unrest escalate, this documentary shows how the relationship between this Muslim family and the neglected bird provides a poetic commentary on the city’s collapsing ecology and rising social tensions. The Rotten Tomatoes consensus calls the film \u201ca poetic tribute to tenacity\u201d that makes \u201ca broader point about finding triumph within tragedy\u201d. Hindi with English subtitles.<\/p>\n
This film screens in the sixth edition of the Manarat\u2019s CinemaMAS film festival, curated this time by filmmaker and visual artist Scandar Copti \u2013 head of the Film and New Media program at NYU Abu Dhabi from 2014 to 2017. Currently, he is still teaching filmmaking at NYUAD while working on an upcoming feature film.<\/p>\n
Individual films on weekdays are AED 30 per head, weekends are AED 50 per day, and there\u2019s an all-inclusive ticket at AED 150.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"