Independent Lens · SEASON 11
Garbage Dreams
Episode 22 · 2010-04-27

- Documentary
Episode overview
Filmed over four years, GARBAGE DREAMS follows three teenage boys born into the trash trade and growing up in the world's largest garbage village, a ghetto located on the outskirts of Cairo. 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.
60 minutes
Season 11 episodes
1. Our Disappeared2009-09-21
2. Butte, America2009-10-20
3. Journals of a Wily School2009-10-27
4. Power Paths2009-11-03
5. D Tour2009-11-10
6. No Subtitles Necessary: László and Vilmos2009-11-17
7. Objectified2009-11-24
8. Between the Folds2009-12-08
9. Scenes From a Parish2009-12-29
10. Young@Heart2010-01-12
11. Copyright Criminals2010-01-19
12. Herskovits at the Heart of Blackness2010-02-02
13. P-Star Rising2010-02-09
14. Mine / Home2010-02-16
15. Behind the Rainbow2010-02-23
16. The Eyes of Me2010-03-02
17. Lost Souls (Animas Perdidas)2010-03-23
18. Whatever It Takes2010-03-30
19. Unmistaken Child2010-04-07
20. Blessed Is the Match2010-04-13
21. Dirt! The Movie2010-04-20
22. Garbage Dreams2010-04-27
23. Sunshine
24. The Horse Boy2010-05-11
25. Project Kashmir2010-05-18
26. A Village Called Versailles2010-05-25
27. Our Disappeared2009-09-21