Waste Land

What happens in the world's largest trash city will transform you.

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Documentary

Overview

An uplifting feature documentary highlighting the transformative power of art and the beauty of the human spirit. Top-selling contemporary artist Vik Muniz takes us on an emotional journey from Jardim Gramacho, the world's largest landfill on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, to the heights of international art stardom. Vik collaborates with the brilliant catadores, pickers of recyclable materials, true Shakespearean characters who live and work in the garbage quoting Machiavelli and showing us how to recycle ourselves.

Keywords

woman director
empowerment
garbage
artist
rio de janeiro
dead child
garbage dump
dignity
landfill

Details

Status: Released
Release date: January 24, 2010
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English, Portuguese
Countries: Brazil, United Kingdom
Production: O2 Filmes,Oscilloscope,Almega Projects,Intelligent Media Productions,Petrobras
Cast: Vik Muniz
Director: Lucy Walker
Writer: Lucy Walker
Producer: Angus Aynsley,Fernando Meirelles,Hank Levine,Andrea Barata Ribeiro
Cinematography: Ernesto Herrmann,Dudu Miranda,Heloísa Passos,Aaron Phillips
Budget: $1,500,000
Revenue: $187,716
Homepage: Official site
IMDb: tt1268204