All That Breathes (2022)
Mohammad Saud: Self
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Mohammad Saud : Life itself is kinship. We're all a community of air.
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Mohammad Saud : That's why it's called science fiction. So much of science fiction is unscientific.
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Mohammad Saud : One shouldn't differentiate between all that breathes.
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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.