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Waste Land

Waste Land

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 24, 2010

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

76%

Original Title

Waste Land

Production Companies

O2 Filmes, Almega Projects, Oscilloscope, Intelligent Media Productions

Director

Lucy Walker

Budget

$1,500,000

Revenue

$187,716

Description

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.