The Hague Climate Week: All That Breathes
During The Hague Climate Week, Filmhuis Den Haag presents, in collaboration with Movies that Matter, the critically acclaimed and Oscar-nominated film All That Breathes. A wonderful and deeply empathetic nature film about two brothers rescuing birds of prey in New Delhi. After the film, Humanity Hub will host a Q&A to delve deeper into the themes from the film.
About the film
The documentary follows brothers Saud and Nadeem, who began caring for injured birds of prey twenty years ago after discovering that the local animal hospital only treated vegetarian birds. Their home is shared with dozens of raptors and owls, most of them black kites, which populate the city in large numbers. Among Indian Muslims, it is believed that these birds consume misfortunes. New Delhi, one of the most densely populated cities in the world, is also perhaps one of the most polluted. Yet, it is astonishingly full of life. In stunningly filmed scenes, animals appear in the most unexpected places, as if they had always lived there.
The brothers speak about how life experiments and adapts to changing conditions. For example, the birds sing louder to rise above the noise of the city, and they’ve even discovered how to use cigarette butts as a defense against parasites. All That Breathes, by Indian filmmaker Shaunak Sen, is a fascinating and layered documentary about two brothers rescuing birds of prey in New Delhi, where both animals and people visibly struggle with the consequences of pollution. The two Muslim brothers, with great wisdom and humor, show how all life, from fungi to humans, is interconnected. The city as a living organism may be a cliché, but this film demonstrates how true it is.
Date and time
Wednesday 13 November at 19:00 at Filmhuis Den Haag.
The Hague Climate Week
Come to the Hague Climate Week! Make your own sustainable socks. Learn how to cook without gas. Visit a great film, follow the sustainable restaurant route or enjoy the KliMAAT festival. In the week from 11 to 17 November, there are all kinds of cheerful but also serious activities in the city. The Hague will show how the city is becoming more sustainable and especially how you can contribute to this yourself. Good for the climate and fun to do. Check denhaag.nl/klimaatweek for the full programme.
