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SXSW FILM: Garbage Dreams

03/22/2009
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    <strong></strong>, which premiered earlier this month at the South by Southwest film festival, is a documentary that offers an intimate look at Mokattam, a suburb of Cairo known for its poor residents who live among tall piles of garbage. By following the lives of three young men who live and work as garbage collectors in this community, the documentary reveals how a community has supported itself by recycling discarded materials -- and how this way of life will change in the future....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/sxsw-film-garbage-dreams/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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    <strong></strong>, which premiered earlier this month at the South by Southwest film festival, is a documentary that offers an intimate look at Mokattam, a suburb of Cairo known for its poor residents who live among tall piles of garbage. By following the lives of three young men who live and work as garbage collectors in this community, the documentary reveals how a community has supported itself by recycling discarded materials -- and how this way of life will change in the future....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/sxsw-film-garbage-dreams/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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    <strong></strong>, which premiered earlier this month at the South by Southwest film festival, is a documentary that offers an intimate look at Mokattam, a suburb of Cairo known for its poor residents who live among tall piles of garbage. By following the lives of three young men who live and work as garbage collectors in this community, the documentary reveals how a community has supported itself by recycling discarded materials -- and how this way of life will change in the future....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/sxsw-film-garbage-dreams/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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, which premiered earlier this month at the South by Southwest film festival, is a documentary that offers an intimate look at Mokattam, a suburb of Cairo known for its poor residents who live among tall piles of garbage. By following the lives of three young men who live and work as garbage collectors in this community, the documentary reveals how a community has supported itself by recycling discarded materials -- and how this way of life will change in the future....

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