Waste Land (2010)

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.

Release Date : January 24, 2010

Runtime : 90m

Genre : Documentary  

Companies : O2 Filmes, Almega Projects, Oscilloscope, Intelligent Media Productions

Countries : Brazil, United Kingdom

Keywords : garbage, empowerment, rio de janeiro, artist, dead child, garbage dump, landfill, woman director, dignity