All That Breathes (2022)

Nadeem Shehzad: Self

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• Salik Rehman : This landfill must be the biggest in the world, right?

  Mohammad Saud : Possibly.

  Salik Rehman : So, if one kite has 50-60 grams a day... There must be... 10,000 kites here?

  Mohammad Saud : More than that.

  Salik Rehman : How much waste do you think they eat in a day? They must clean up 5-6 tons.

  Mohammad Saud : 500 kilos. In 10 days... 5 tons.

  Salik Rehman : How much would they eat in a month?

  Mohammad Saud : In a month they'd eat... 15 tons.

  Salik Rehman : So... Without the kites, the garbage mountain would be sky-high.

  Mohammad Saud : Yes but, before them there were vultures. Since they've gone, the kites have taken their place. Nature will always find a way to absorb waste.

  Nadeem Shehzad : Think of the city as a stomach... and the kites... are like the microbiome of a gut. They eat away our filth.