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‘These Birds Walk’ Review

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Christopher Campbell
Nov 01, 2013
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There is a difference between direct observational documentary and directed observational documentary. These Birds Walk is the latter, a film that very rarely feels empirical in its approach to the story of a runaway boy in Pakistan, the group home he’s temporarily brought to and the ambulance driver who eventually brings him back to his family. The cat…

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