(Waste Land)

Content: 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.

Countries:

Brazil,

United Kingdom

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

90 minutes

Year:

2010

Directors:

Lucy Walker

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Production companies:

O2 Filmes,

Almega Projects,

Oscilloscope,

Intelligent Media Productions

Budget:

$1,500,000

Revenue:

$187,716

Actors:

Himself

Crews:

Director

Producer

Director of Photography

Assistant Editor

Sound mixer