Cine Megawra |Garbage Dreams

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 60000 garbage people. Far ahead of any modern “Green” initiatives, the zabbalin 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. A 2009 documentary directed by Mai Iskander.