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Waste Land
Synopsis
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 catadors, pickers of recyclable materials, true Shakespearean characters who live and work in the garbage quoting Machiavelli and showing us how to recycle ourselves.
Details
- Year
- 2009
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 95 mins
- Format
- 35mm, HD
- Director
- Lucy Walker
- Producer
- Fernando Meirelles
- Co-Producer
- Fernando Meirelles
- Editor
- Pedro Kos, Karen Harley
- Screenwriter
- Lucy Walker
- Director of Photography
- Dudu Miranda
- Sound
- Patrick O' Sullivan, Gary Alexander, Aloysio Compasso, José Lozeiro
- Music
- Moby
- Principal Cast
- Vik Muniz, Tião Carlos dos Santos, Isis Rodrigues Garros, Zumbi Carlos da Silva Baia Lopes, Magna de França Santos, Irmã Laurentina da Silva, Suelem Pereira Dias
Genre
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 3rd October 2017
