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Waste Land
What happens in the world's largest trash city will transform you.
What happens in the world's largest trash city will transform you.
Documentary - 2010
Waste Land
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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.
Director:
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Lucy Walker
Cast:
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Vik Muniz

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Rated:
N/A
Runtime:
90 min
Release date:
24 Jan 2010
Country:
BR, GB
Languages:
English, Portuguese
Budget:
$1,500,000
Revenue:
$187,716
Awards:
Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 27 wins & 10 nominations.

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
"Waste Land" is a testament that things can go from good to bad in an instant. But they can also improve just as quickly.
– Stephanie Merry,
Washington Post,
3 Dec 2010
fresh:
It's sheer pleasure watching Muniz work -- seeing him seized by mad impulses of delight.
– Stephen Cole,
Globe and Mail,
3 Dec 2010
fresh:
While we await the definitive documentary about the glut of garbage, "Waste Land" reduces this global catastrophe to touchingly human scale.
– Joe Williams,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
10 Dec 2010
fresh:
It shows us how artists find ideas and concepts for their work from the most unlikely sources, and it demonstrates the power of art to spark curiosity and cultural awareness in even the poorest, most underprivileged people.
– Rene Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
31 Jan 2011
fresh:
I do not mean to make their lives seem easy or pleasant. It is miserable work, even after they grow accustomed to the smell. But it is useful work, and I have been thinking much about the happiness to be found by work that is honest and valuable.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
10 Feb 2011
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