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Waste Land

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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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