You can count the number
of films coming out of Pakistan that arrive in the domestic market place these
days on your fingers and toes. Unlike
its neighbor, India, which leads the world in film production, finding quality
films of any kind from Pakistan for viewing — either theatrically or for home
entertainment — are a rare commodity.
So when Oscilloscope
Laboratories announced this past week that the award-winning documentary, These
Birds Walk, from filmmakers Omar Mullick and Bassam Tariq, would be available
on DVD this coming Apr. 29 that was news worthy indeed.
An all-too-brief major
metro arthouse run yielded an ARR of 179 days … only the home entertainment
market place will give this marvelous film the wider exposure that it deserves.
What started out as a
short film about the founder of the Edhi Foundation, grew into a magnificently
produced — both beautifully filmed and technically proficient in all
departments (sound, editing, etc.) — feature-length story focusing on the young
boys who are living on the streets of Karachi with only Abdul Sattar Edhi — whose
name the charitable foundation bears — standing between them and abuse,
starvation … or worse.
Bonus features for this
intimate look into this one small segment of life in modern day Pakistan
include commentary from the filmmakers and deleted scenes. These Birds Walk is presented in
Urdu and comes English subtitles.
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complete edition of the DVD and Blu-ray Release Report: DVD & Blu-ray Release Report
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