Comments on: Swine-Flu Slaughter Leaves Cairo Without Pigs to Devour Trash http://blogs.washplus.org/urbanhealthupdates/2009/09/swine-flu-slaughter-leaves-cairo-without-pigs-to-devour-trash/ from the WASHplus Project Sun, 26 Jul 2015 11:36:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: melissa http://blogs.washplus.org/urbanhealthupdates/2009/09/swine-flu-slaughter-leaves-cairo-without-pigs-to-devour-trash/#comment-49 melissa Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:01:52 +0000 http://urbanhealthupdates.wordpress.com/?p=770#comment-49 A documentary, "Marina of the Zabbaleen", was just released in select theaters and on DVD. The film is about a 7-year-old girl (Marina) who lives at the base of a mountain in Cairo, Egypt. Her village (Muqqattam) is a community of Zabbaleen -- or Zabaleen ;) -- whose entrepreneurial waste management system produces the highest recycling rate in the world. It premiered at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival, won a Muhr Award at the 2008 Dubai International Film Festival, and was reviewed by The New York Times – http://movies.nytimes.com/2009/09/09/movies/09marina.html. It's also the first feature film to use a new eco-friendly DVD technology (the "Flex DVD"), which uses 50% less plastic than traditional DVDs, reduces the carbon footprint by 50%, and eliminates the need for a non-biodegradable bonder. Also, the rest of the packaging is made from 95% recycled materials. ALSO, the marketing campaign for the film has been completely paperless. There's some more info about the film and the Flex DVD at http://marina.torchfilms.com. Oh, and the company that's releasing "Marina" (Torch Films) is giving 10% of gross revenues to help the Zabbaleen recover from their dislocation (caused by the pig cull). A documentary, “Marina of the Zabbaleen”, was just released in select theaters and on DVD.

The film is about a 7-year-old girl (Marina) who lives at the base of a mountain in Cairo, Egypt. Her village (Muqqattam) is a community of Zabbaleen — or Zabaleen ;) — whose entrepreneurial waste management system produces the highest recycling rate in the world.

It premiered at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival, won a Muhr Award at the 2008 Dubai International Film Festival, and was reviewed by The New York Times – http://movies.nytimes.com/2009/09/09/movies/09marina.html.

It’s also the first feature film to use a new eco-friendly DVD technology (the “Flex DVD”), which uses 50% less plastic than traditional DVDs, reduces the carbon footprint by 50%, and eliminates the need for a non-biodegradable bonder. Also, the rest of the packaging is made from 95% recycled materials. ALSO, the marketing campaign for the film has been completely paperless.

There’s some more info about the film and the Flex DVD at http://marina.torchfilms.com.

Oh, and the company that’s releasing “Marina” (Torch Films) is giving 10% of gross revenues to help the Zabbaleen recover from their dislocation (caused by the pig cull).

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