Poster Waste Land

Title: Waste Land

Original Title: Waste Land

Year: 2010

Info

  • Country: Brazil UK
  • Language: Portuguese English
  • Length: 99 Minutes (1 hour 39 min)
  • Budget: $1,500,000
  • Genre: Documentary

Release Dates

  • UK: February 25 2011
  • United States: January 24 2010

Plot

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" - or 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. Walker (Devil?s Playground, Blindsight, Countdown to Zero) has great access to the entire process and, in the end, offers stirring evidence of the transformative power of art and the alchemy of the human spirit.

Awards

Director:

Lucy Walker Lucy Walker

Soundtrack from 'Waste Land'

Beautiful

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Moby

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Moby Moappears courtesy of MUTE Records ltd

JLTF

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Moby Moby

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Moby Moappears courtesy of © Little Idiot Music

Shot in the Back of the Head

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Moby Moby

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Moby Moappears courtesy of © Little Idiot Music

Isolate

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Moby Moby

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Moby Moappears courtesy of © Little Idiot Music Published Richard Hall Music Inc Administered Kobalt Music Publishing Limited

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