AFP Film Screening: Garbage Dreams | Tue. Jan. 31 @ 8 pm | Barton Creek Theater

On Tuesday, Jan. 31 at 8pm, the AFP will host a film screening in conjunction with Tugg, of the acclaimed documentary Garbage Dreams by Mai Iskander, at the Barton Creek Theater. Garbage Dreams follows three teenage boys born into the trash trade on the outskirts of Cairo. The film showed at SXSW in 2009 and won the Al Gore Reel Current Award.

Students, faculty, and staff of the AFP are invited to attend this film screening event. FREE TICKETS will be available to the first 30 AFP students/faculty/staff who RSVP for the screening to: helena.schneider@austin.utexas.edu. After the first 30 tickets have been reserved, attendees will be required to buy a film ticket for $9.00 by visiting the Tugg event page.

Note that this unique film screening can only happen if we secure 45 tickets for the event, so if you plan to attend, we encourage you to RSVP or purchase your ticket ASAP. For more details about the screening event, including information about the film and the theater location, please visit the Tugg event page. For questions about the event, email AFP Events Coordinator, Helena Schneider at helena.schneider@austin.utexas.edu.

About the Film:

Garbage Dreams follows three teenage boys born into the trash trade and growing up in the world’s largest garbage village, on the outskirts of Cairo. It is the home of 60,000 Zaballeen, Arabic for “garbage people.” Far ahead of any modern “Green” initiatives, the ˆZaballeen survive by recycling 80 percent of the garbage they collect. 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.

Barton Creek Theater (@ Barton Creek Mall)
2901 Capital Of Texas Hwy.
Austin, TX 78746
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