Movies are shown in Westminster Hall at the McKinley Foundation unless otherwise stated. Westminster is located on the 2nd floor and may be accessed by elevator. Free and open to the public.
ALL THAT BREATHES
Wednesday, April 26 @ 7 PM
McKinley’s Film Committee and Green Team are proud to highlight Earth Day with a free screening of All That Breathes, a 2022 award winning documentary directed by Shaunak Sen.
The film follows two brothers who run a bird hospital dedicated to rescuing injured black kites, a staple in the skies of New Delhi, India. In one of the world’s most populated cities, where cows, rats, monkeys, frogs, and hogs jostle cheek-by-jowl with people, the “Kite Brothers” care for thousands of these mesmerizing creatures that drop daily from New Delhi’s smog-choked skies.
As environmental toxicity and civil unrest escalate, the relationship between this Muslim family and the neglected kite forms a poetic chronicle of the city’s collapsing ecology and rising social tensions.
In addition, we’ll show a brief 6 minute video about mussel grubbing in the Sangamon River. Sarah Douglass from the Prairie Research Institute will be there to discuss this topic and the citizen scientist program!
Documentary | 1h 37min | 2022 | Not Rated