SCREENING IN THE BERNARD OSHER FOUNDATION AUDITORIUM
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize, 2022 Sundance Film Festival and the L'Œil d'or (Best Documentary), 2022 Cannes Film Festival.
“Neither a nature documentary nor a political lecture, “All That Breathes” is a subtle, haunting reflection on the meaning of humanity — on the breathtaking kindness and heartbreaking cruelty that define our wounded, intrepid, predatory species.”
94 minutes. Not rated. Directed by Shaunak Sen. In Hindi with English subtitles.
In one of the world’s most populated cities, two brothers—Nadeem and Saud—devote their lives to the quixotic effort of protecting the black kite, a majestic bird of prey essential to the ecosystem of New Delhi that has been falling from the sky at alarming rates. Amid environmental toxicity and social unrest, the ‘kite brothers’ spend day and night caring for the creatures in their makeshift avian basement hospital. Director Shaunak Sen (Cities of Sleep) explores the connection between the kites and the Muslim brothers who help them return to the skies, offering a mesmerizing chronicle of inter-species coexistence.