Waste Land
“What happens in the world's largest trash city will transform you.”
20101h 30mDocumentary
Released
January 24, 2010
TMDB Score
76% match · 129 votes
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About the Movie
Synopsis
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.
DirectorLucy Walker
- Released
- January 24, 2010
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $1.5M
- Box office
- $187.7K
- Studios
- O2 Filmes, Almega Projects, Oscilloscope
Top Billed Cast
Vik Muniz
Himself
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