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Waste Land

Documentary
★7.6

What happens in the world's largest trash city will transform you.

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.

Lucy Walker

Director

Lucy Walker

Writers

Andrea Barata Ribeiro,Mahyad Tousi,Fernando Meirelles,...

Producers

$1,500,000

Budget

$187716

Revenue

24-01-2010

Release Date

BRUSGB

Country

7.6

Rating

118

Votes

-

Age Rating

90 min

Runtime

Released

Status

English, Portuguese

Language

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Director
Lucy Walker

Lucy Walker

Lucy Walker (born 1970; London) is an British documentary film director. She has directed the feature documentaries Devil's Playground (2002), Blindsight (2006), Waste Land (2010), Countdown to Zero (2010), The Crash Reel (2013), Buena Vista Social Club: Adios (2017), Bring Your Own Brigade (2021), and Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa (2023). She has also directed the short films The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom (2011) and The Lion's Mouth Opens (2014). Waste Land was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject).

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