Waste Land

Waste Land

Waste Land

7.6/ 10

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2010

Release Year

90 min

Runtime

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.

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Keywords

garbage

empowerment

rio de janeiro

artist

dead child

garbage dump

landfill

woman director

dignity

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Cast

Vik Muniz

Vik Muniz

Himself

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BornKnight

January 5, 2024

Nominated for best documentary for the Academy in 2012. I don't know if I could be wrong but some of the the reviews here are very negative from those who live in Brazil. The point of view is valid from what people say negatively about documentaries, but I also agree with another aspect - in the …

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