Waste Land

1h 30m
Documentary
7.5

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.

Cast

Vik Muniz
Himself

Crew

Lucy Walker
Director, Screenplay
João Jardim
Co-Director
Karen Harley
Co-Director
Pedro Kos
Editor
Fabian Remy
Assistant Editor
Samy Waitzberg
Assistant Editor
Dudu Miranda
Director of Photography
Heloísa Passos
Director of Photography
Ernesto Herrmann
Director of Photography
Aaron Phillips
Director of Photography
Andrea Barata Ribeiro
Executive Producer
Fernando Meirelles
Executive Producer
Angus Aynsley
Producer
Hank Levine
Producer
Peter Martin
Co-Producer
Tiago Arakilian
Post Production Supervisor
Samuel Lehmer
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
José Moreau Louzeiro
Sound mixer
Moby
Music
Mahyad Tousi
Unit Production Manager

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