"Waste Land" is an award winning documentary by director Lucy Walker -
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.
Released on 2010 and premiered in Berlin Film Festival 2010 (Berlinale)
www.wastelandmovie.com
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