Waste Land
What happens in the world's largest trash city will transform you.
January 24, 2010
90 min
✓ Released 5922 days ago
Documentary
7.6
User Score
127 votes
About
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.
Movie Info
Status: Released
Director: Lucy Walker
Runtime: 90 min
Budget: $1,500,000
Revenue: $187,716
Top Cast
Vik Muniz
Himself
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