Waste Land (film)
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| Directed by | Lucy Walker, João Jardim and Karen Harley |
| Starring | Vik Muniz |
| Editing by | Pedro Kos |
| Release date(s) | January 24, 2010 (Sundance) |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Brazil |
| Language | Portuguese, English |
Waste Land is a 2010 documentary directed by Lucy Walker, João Jardim and Karen Harley. The film documents two years of work of Brazilian contemporary modern artist Vik Muniz in creating art with the cooperation of scavengers of recyclables working at Jardim Gramacho, one of the world's largest landfills, serving the metropolis of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.
Together with people employed to pick out recyclable material from garbage, Muniz creates from actual landfill trash large-scale mosaic portraits that are sold at art auctions in London and exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in São Paulo.
The film portrays the lives of the garbage pickers and their working conditions as well as Muniz's efforts to help them to gain recognition and better living conditions.
Original title: Lixo Extraordinário (Portuguese for extraordinary garbage).
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[edit] Reception
The film received critical acclaim, holding an 100% approval rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes as of September 2011.
On October 11, 2010, REACT to FILM screened Waste Land at the SoHo House in Manhattan, NY and moderated a Q&A with Waste Land director Lucy Walker and MOBY.[1]
[edit] Awards
- Received on January 30, 2010 the audience award for best international documentary at Sundance Film Festival.
- Received on February 20, 2010 awards from Amnesty International and the public in the Panorama at the Berlin International Film Festival.
- On January 25, 2011, received the Academy Award nomination for best feature documentary.
[edit] See also
- ACAMJG, the association of recyclables pickers of Jardim Gramacho.
- Jacques-Louis David's 1793 painting Death of Marat
- Agnes Varda's 2000 documentary The Gleaners and I
- Contemporary art
[edit] References
- ^ Cook, Cindi. "‘Waste Land’ shows at Soho House". LadyLux. http://www.ladylux.com/style/site/article/waste-land-shows-at-soho-house/. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Independent Lens on PBS
- Waste Land at AllRovi
- Waste Land at Box Office Mojo
- Waste Land at Independent Lens on PBS
- Waste Land at the Internet Movie Database
- Waste Land at Metacritic
- Waste Land at Rotten Tomatoes
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