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Waste Land

35mm | 2010 | Color | Documentary | 100'
Directors: Lucie Walker, João Jardim, Karen Harley
Editing: Karen Harley, Pedro Kos
Editing Assistant: Fabian Remy
Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary
Berlinale - Panorama - Audience Award
Sundance Film Festival - Audience Award
CPH:DOX
London Film Festival
Brazilian Cinema Grand Prix - Best Documentary
Durban International Film Festival
São Paulo Mostra
Filmed over nearly three years, WASTE LAND follows renowned artist Vik Muniz as he journeys from his home base in Brooklyn to his native Brazil and the world's largest garbage dump, Jardim Gramacho, located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. There he photographs an eclectic band of "catadores": self-designated pickers of recyclable materials. Muniz's initial objective was to "paint" the catadores with garbage. However, his collaboration with these inspiring characters as they recreate photographic images of themselves out of garbage reveals both the dignity and despair of the catadores as they begin to re-imagine their lives.
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