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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]]. |
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]]. |
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Original title: '''''Lixo Extraordinário''''' (Portuguese for ''extraordinary garbage''). |
Original title: '''''Lixo Extraordinário''''' ([[Portuguese language]] for ''extraordinary garbage''). |
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| Directed by | Lucy Walker, João Jardim and Karen Harley |
| Starring | Vik Muniz |
| Edited by | Pedro Kos |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Template:Film Brazil |
| Languages | 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 language for extraordinary garbage).
Reception
The film received critical acclaim, holding an 100% approval rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes as of June 2011.
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.
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
External links
- Official website
- Independent Lens on PBS
- Waste Land at AllMovie
- Waste Land at Box Office Mojo
- Waste Land at Independent Lens on PBS
- Waste Land at IMDb
- Waste Land at Metacritic
- Waste Land at Rotten Tomatoes
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