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Waste Land

Film · 2010

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.

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The people who made it

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Behind the camera

  1. Lucy Walkerdirector · writer
  2. João Jardimdirector
  3. Karen Harleydirector
  4. Pedro Koseditor
  5. Andrea Barata Ribeiroexecutive producer
  6. Fernando Meirellesexecutive producer
  7. Aaron Phillipscinematographer
  8. Heloísa Passoscinematographer
  9. Ernesto Herrmanncinematographer
  10. Dudu Mirandacinematographer
  11. Mobycomposer
  12. Peter Martinproducer
  13. Angus Aynsleyproducer
  14. Hank Levineproducer

On screen

  1. Vik Munizlead actor
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