Genres
Production Companies
Almega Projects
Oscilloscope
Intelligent Media Productions
Waste Land
What happens in the world's largest trash city will transform you.
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.
Key Crew
Director: Lucy Walker
Screenplay: Lucy Walker
Producer: Angus Aynsley, Hank Levine
Director of Photography: Dudu Miranda, Heloísa Passos, Ernesto Herrmann, Aaron Phillips
Top Cast
Vik Muniz
Himself
Videos
Waste Land (2010) - Official Trailer [HD]
