The winner of the Best Documentary Award at Cannes Film Festival 2022 and the Grand Jury prize at Sundance 2022.
In one of the world’s most populated cities, cows, rats, monkeys, frogs, and hogs jostle cheek-by-jowl with people. Here, two brothers fall in love with a bird - the Black Kite. From their makeshift bird hospital in their tiny basement, the “kite brothers” care for thousands of these mesmeric creatures that drop daily from New Delhi’s smog-choked skies. As environmental toxicity and civil unrest escalate, the relationship between this Muslim family and the neglected kite forms a poetic chronicle of the city’s collapsing ecology and rising social tensions. Director Shaunak Sen challenges our sense of perspective and community with his remarkable and haunting documentary.
A panel offering a lively debate chaired by Nick Robinson, BBC Today Presenter.
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