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** An incredible 100% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes!! **

SUMMARY > The catadores of Brazil daily crawl over the garbage of the world's largest dump, a sprawling 321 acre dump, just outside Rio de Janeiro, hand picking trash for recycling. From it, they create art, something New York artist Vik Muniz picked up on, in turn, inspired to portraiture of many of the... [read more]

FILM > WASTE LAND

** An incredible 100% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes!! **

SUMMARY > The catadores of Brazil daily crawl over the garbage of the world's largest dump, a sprawling 321 acre dump, just outside Rio de Janeiro, hand picking trash for recycling. From it, they create art, something New York artist Vik Muniz picked up on, in turn, inspired to portraiture of many of the catadores. What is most amazing is what happened next.

AWARDS >
WINNER > Audience Award, Berlin Film Festival (2010)
WINNER > Audience Award, Sundance Film Festival (2010)
NOMINATED > Best Documentary, British Independent Film Awards (2010)
NOMINATED > Grand Jury Prize, Sundance Film Festival (2010)
NOMINATED > Best Documentary, Academy Awards (2011)

OTHER > Soundtrack by Moby. Isn't that worth the price of admission, alone?

“That a beautiful film could be set in the world's largest garbage dump sounds like an oxymoron, but acclaimed documentarian Lucy Walker has pulled off precisely that feat in her profoundly moving "Waste Land."”
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times

WEBSITE > www.wastelandmovie.com

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