Synopsis
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.
Waste Land (2010) is a 1h 30min documentary feature film by Lucy Walker. An uplifting feature documentary highlighting the transformative power of art and the beauty of the human spirit.
Facts
Awards
Sundance World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary
Original language
Portuguese
Trailer
Stills
Festival History
- Academy Awards 2011 academy_award
- Berlin International Film Festival 2010 generic
- São Paulo International Film Festival 2010 generic
- Sundance Film Festival 2010 generic
