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The Garbage Dreams Game Nominated in 2nd Annual Games for Change Awards
May 13, 2011The Games For Change Awards recognize excellence in games that address current, pressing social issues. The Garbage Dreams Game, developed to complement the acclaimed Independent Lens documentary by Mai Iskander, received a nomination in the 2nd Annual Games for Change Awards in the Transmedia category. The awards recognize excellence in “games for…
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Celebrate Earth Day with a Social Screening of Garbage Dreams
April 18, 2011The exclusive online screening will be held on Thursday, April 21 at 9PM EDT / 6PM PDT on Independent Lens' Facebook Page and on Livestream. In celebration of Earth Day, Independent Lens will present an exclusive screening of the highly acclaimed documentary, Garbage Dreams by Mai Iskander on Thursday, April 21, 9PM/EDT 6PM PDT on the Independent Lens…
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Free Lesson Plans Bring Context to Protests in Egypt
January 31, 2011For educators and community organizers: check out our FREE lesson plans and video modules for the film Shayfeen.com: We’re Watching You about three women in Egypt who form an online watchdog group to monitor the elections in 2005. This is a great way to teach about democracy, corruption, and the power of citizen journalism to effect social change. The…
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We are the garbage collectors. Always blessed.
April 27, 2010Garbage Dreams records the tremblings of a culture at a crossroads... the film digs into the politics of a life that few would choose but many depend on. -The New York TimesWelcome to the world's largest garbage village located on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. The Zaballeen (Arabic for "garbage people") recycle 80 percent of the trash they collect -- far…
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From Trash to Trade: The Garbage Dreams Game
April 21, 2010Filmed over four years, director Mai Iskander’s documentary Garbage Dreams goes inside the world of Egypt’s Zaballeen (Arabic for “garbage people”) to reveal the lives of three teenage boys born into the trash trade. Premiering on Independent Lens on April 27th (check local listings), the broadcast of Garbage Dreams is accompanied by the Garbage…