These Birds Walk is a 2013 documentary film directed by Omar Mullick and Bassam Tariq that follows the life of a runaway boy in Pakistan as well as the humanitarian efforts of Abdul Sattar Edhi . The film premiered at South by Southwest 2013 and was met with a positive response from critics. It opened in theaters in the US in November 2013 and was available on Blu-ray and DVD from 2014. Plot In Karachi, Pakistan, a runaway boy's life hangs on one critical question: where is home? The streets, an orphanage, or with the family he fled in the first place? Simultaneously heart-rending and life-affirming, These Birds Walk documents the struggles of these wayward street children and the humanitarians looking out for them. Production The starting point of the film is Edhi. He washes naked runaway children who look undernourished, and he says that his philanthropic reputation doesn't mean anything, telling the filmmakers, “If you want to find me, look to ordinary people.” For the rest of the film, Tariq and Mullick follow the children in the Edhi Home, in particular a child named Omar, and the ambulance driver, Asad, who was once a street kid himself. Omar has run away from his family's home in Taliban country and ends up in Karachi. Aided by Asad, Omar goes to the Edhi Foundation's shelter for homeless children. Asad reveals that until the parents are found or come looking for the boy, Omar, like the other runaway children, will remain under Edhi's care. Asad's responsibilities as an ambulance driver include picking up children from police stations, taking them home, and transporting dead bodies. He admits that driving with dead bodies is easier than returning the children to their homes because sometimes the children must go back to abusive parents. Omar and the other children are bored and sad in the shelter. They divide their time between praying and fighting, and they bond over conversations about God and what it means to be a man. Omar thinks of himself as strong and fierce, which earns him a fight with a much larger boy in a prolonged fight scene. Eventually, Asad drives Omar back to his village through the night and returns him to his family. The reunion is underwhelming, and his mother admits that all her children have spent time at the Edhi Foundation. The filmmakers don't dwell on the boy's personal