Kite Fight | Op-Docs | The New York Times 

This kid is legit. Love flying (and fighting) kites back in India.

I wish this video could be made into a feature length film

This was beautiful, absolutely in love with the different shot compositions, especially 3:39 to 4:04

at 5.32 this kid says the words all great men have spoke and he isn`t even 9 or 10...wonderful to hear him vocalize this sentiment...great post

who came here after reading The Kite Runner?

In Indonesia there season kite fighting too, usually during long school holidays. We use a special sharp thread for kite fighting called a Gelasan, when I was kid my palms were full of wounds because of the thread, when the enemy's kite lose, a lot of kids chased kite for trophy.

Sh!t. I just realized that kite fighting is not only played in Indonesia, the other 3rd world countries do the same. So why there's no international kite fighting and kite chasing competition? It will unite 3rd world boys around the world.

danm brazil.. i love yall.. this reminds me of haiti.. we have the same kite culture..

The Kite Runner brought me here

I am so stressed about that kid breathing in mercury from crushing up fluorescent light bulbs.

Lovely

I did the same thing...growing up in the city of Kolkata, India. Wonderful memories

this was my youth in Brazil Im 54 and I still do it

Pretty beautifully shot. I wish there was more analysis why the system fails these youth.

3:38 This guy is for real, got his OG Backyardigans shirt too

Beautifully cinematic

this was my favorite hobby 40 years ago

Kite flaying is a passion

Very informative!

Can someone answer this because I need to know for my school work. what is the main purpose that this video was made? how did the film begin and end-was it effective?

man those neighborhoods look so cozy

everybody shout have a wings

True Fun - Away from the Infernal Smartphone

Love this!!

Actual critique: I think this video was an accurate shoeing of kite fighting using several locals for interviews and was nicely filmed but at times i felt it wwas trying to hard to be a deep philosophical video when its just a video about flying kites

RÉÉÉÉLLLOOOOOO PATINHO!!! COLOCA OTRO!!!!

I love kites I still fly it.love from Asia.

It beats breakdance fighting

Just found out about this, there is a group that does this every Sunday, I wish to join.

someone should tell him there's mercury in fluorescent bulbs.

The real kite lover is child by heart ❤️❤️

Came from the Kite Fighters

show de bola muito top

We in the philippines. NEVER gone like this situation. We make kites like 5 to 10 meters but we dont get bleed. #PHILIPPINES.laban

Dangerous game

My father used to do this :)

In Chile we said Volantín!

Thanks

We here from ELA 4B !!!

4:20 This is the way!

Flying kites is the best feeling I love it and I miss flying kites

This reminds of Kite flying in Pakistan, it also became something more then leisure. Good the government banned it.

muito bom

O The New York Times deveria ter melhores propósitos que somente mostrar que não é só nos EUA que existem favelas e cortiços, vai ver por isso tantas avaliações negativas. Se um repórter brasileiro fosse fazer uma reportagem nos EUA, e que duvido que seria transmitida por um jornal norte americano, também iria onde os mais humildes e esquecidos pelo Governo estão vivendo. Quem sabe vivendo em um dos vários acampamentos onde norte americanos pobres e endividados vivem, dentro de trailers ou carros, talvez teriam como diversão algo tão simples e barato de se conseguir quanto uma "kite". Nesta matéria a real intensão é mostrar as favelas do Rio de Janeiro, quase nada de conteúdo sobre as "kites" do Brasil foi noticiado. Exemplo 1: Aqui em São Paulo também tem dessas batalhas aéreas, muitos compram "linha chilena e tailandesa" vulgarmente denominadas "cerol". Dificilmente hoje em dia eles fabricam o cerol, o seu uso é proibido por Lei estadual e municipal em São Paulo. As "kites" com rabo, chamadas "rabiolas" são mais comuns por aqui, as distâncias entre os oponentes são maiores então as carretilhas devem ter sempre um mínimo de 2 km de linha. Todos os anos as linhas contendo cerol causam dezenas de amputações e acidentes fatais, principalmente entre motoqueiros e crianças pequenas. Nas crianças a amputação de dedos, nariz e orelha são dados como acidentes domésticos, já os motoqueiros são degolados, os acidentes sempre resultam em um laudo diferente da causa real. Exemplo 2: Como o "eolismo de caça" estava ficando marginalizado, decidi usar meus recursos pessoais para criar um revestimento á base de pó cerâmico e adesivo de cura gradual. Em contato com outras linhas as paríiculas cerâmicas destroem as fibras de algodão das outras linhas, ao mesmo tempo ela gira em torno do próprio eixo impedindo ser cortada. Inventei um revestimento para linhas usadas em "eolismo de caça" que não machuca, mas, sem verba para divulgar o produto fiquei sem opções de como ajudar. Abaixo o link, se alguém quiser seguir com o projeto posso fornecer toda orientação sem nenhum custo: www1.uol.com.br/criancas/report/fn140204.htm

Assistindo em dezembro de 2023.

It's about flying kites why is it shot like a murder documentary this is depressing

Eu amo meu Brasil 2:57

Meerut India And Kites!

*smiles*

Does anyone know the best kite string for fighting?

What was that boy crushing the Florescent bulbs for??

1:26 bruh

❤

Kite festival is big in India

....why does this feel so much like propaganda? The video is about kites, but the way they made this video just rubs me the wrong way...maybe it's because i saw another video that made this video feel like an agenda instead of just having fun...

Big Bang theory brought me here🤣

Hello

Brasileiro e foda

красиво

so sad.

NYT sure know how to make the most boring mini-docs.

Who came here after reading The Kite Fighter

From indonesia

1:02

its nothing go India Pakistan and you will see ....

Relo

Song name?

I guess most of us are here cause of Kite Runner, eh?

Leave it to the NYT to make something interesting a complete bore to watch

Cool but so daft

bope raids?

do they compete for money?

Search about Indian kite fighting ,,you will be surprised , it's a lot better than this

It looks like a depressing country

Is this satire?

Who came here because of school?

:)

Ok brazil kite flag VS argentina flag kite 👎🏿