Waste Land

Waste Land

7.6 | 2010-01-24 | Documentary

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.

Featured Crew

Lucy Walker Director
Lucy Walker Screenplay
Angus Aynsley Producer
Andrea Barata Ribeiro Executive Producer
Hank Levine Producer
Peter Martin Co-Producer
Fernando Meirelles Executive Producer
Moby Music
Dudu Miranda Director of Photography
Pedro Kos Editor

Cast

Vik Muniz
Vik Muniz
Himself

Images

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