Filmed over nearly three years, WASTE LAND follows Muniz as he journeys
from his home base in Brooklyn to his native Brazil and the world's
largest garbage dump, Jardim Gramacho, located on the outskirts of Rio
de Janeiro. There he photographs an eclectic band of "catadores" --
self-designated pickers of recyclable materials. Muniz's initial
objective was to "paint" the catadores with garbage. However, his
collaboration with these inspiring characters as they recreate
photographic images of themselves out of garbage reveals both the
dignity and despair of the catadores as they begin to re-imagine their
lives. Director Lucy Walker (DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND, BLINDSIGHT, COUNTDOWN
TO ZERO) has great access to the entire process and, in the end, offers
stirring evidence of the transformative power of art and the alchemy of
the human spirit.
WASTE LAND Official Trailer from Almega Projects on Vimeo.
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