Garbage Dreams (2009)

GARBAGE DREAMS follows three teenage boys born into the trash trade and growing up in the world's largest garbage village. It is the home to 60,000 Zaballeen, Egypt's 'garbage people.' When their community is suddenly faced with the globalization of their trade, each boy is forced to make choices that will impact his life and the future of his community.

Released July 31, 2009 79 min None+

Genres: Documentary

Keywords: tmdb.woman-director, imdb.teenage-boy, imdb.garbage, imdb.trash, imdb.f-rated, imdb.garbage-smell, imdb.self-improvement + 42 more, imdb.work-ethic, imdb.empathy, imdb.social-stigma, imdb.canvassing, imdb.community-action, imdb.world-travel, imdb.wales, imdb.garbage-odor, imdb.landfill, imdb.social-activism, imdb.empowerment, imdb.tradition-versus-modernity, imdb.vocational-training, imdb.misogyny, imdb.manhood, imdb.immunization, imdb.dignity, imdb.coptic-ritual, imdb.street-dog, imdb.coptic-church, imdb.aspiration, imdb.outsourcing, imdb.plastic-recycling, imdb.tetanus-shot, imdb.sanitary-conditions, imdb.public-health, imdb.social-worker, imdb.egyptian-music, imdb.mutual-aid, imdb.slum, imdb.fatalism, imdb.cairo-egypt, imdb.poverty, imdb.social-injustice, imdb.economic-inequality, imdb.economic-exploitation, imdb.class-tension, imdb.waste, imdb.recycling, imdb.green, imdb.garbage-collector, aspectratio.1-78-1