There are 366 million unregistered children in the world, and 60 million of them live in Pakistan. Filmed in the slums of Lahore, Kids Fight is a coming-of-age story that stretches over eight years, following a group of young boys from childhood into their teenage years and, in some cases, young adulthood. Navigating an environment of poverty, drugs, and crime with chaos, mischief, and heart, they roam the streets late at night, flog stickers to make money, and disappear from home for days at a time. The conditions are difficult to escape, but a local gym established by Bashir Ahmad, a Pakistani-American veteran of the Afghanistan war, offers them a sense of safety and self through MMA.

Written and directed by Sarah Tareen, produced by S. Izmerai Siyar Durrani and executive produced by VI

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