Waste Land
Waste Land

Movie·2010·1h 30m

Waste Land

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

Country

Brazil

Language

English

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// overview

The Story

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.

Producer

Angus Aynsley, Andrea Barata Ribeiro

Cinematography

Dudu Miranda

Editor

Pedro Kos

Themes

garbageempowermentrio de janeiroartistdead childgarbage dumplandfillwoman directordignity

Production House

O2 Filmes
Almega Projects
Oscilloscope
Intelligent Media Productions
Petrobras

Audience Score

76%

127 votes

Skip7%
Timepass18%
Go for it38%
Perfection37%

Where to watch

Region: US

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// cast

Cast

Vik Muniz

Vik Muniz

Himself

// crew

Crew

Lucy Walker

Lucy Walker

Director, Screenplay

Angus Aynsley

Producer

Andrea Barata Ribeiro

Executive Producer

Hank Levine

Producer

Fernando Meirelles

Fernando Meirelles

Executive Producer

Dudu Miranda

Director of Photography

Pedro Kos

Pedro Kos

Editor

Heloísa Passos

Director of Photography

Ernesto Herrmann

Director of Photography

Aaron Phillips

Director of Photography

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