Waste land

Waste land

DVD - 2011

Top-selling contemporary artist Vik Muniz takes viewers on an emotional journey to the world's largest landfill of the day, Jardim Gramacho. Here the catadores, who number in the thousands, work under the hot sun collecting recyclable materials such as bottles, plastic, and metal to be sold to wholesalers. Muniz invites the catadores to add refuse to his art, photographing the work from overhead. The finished artwork will then be on display in museums and auctions around the world.

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Subjects
Ragpickers > Brazil > Rio de Janeiro.
Sanitary landfills > Brazil > Rio de Janeiro.
Found objects (Art)
Art, Modern > 21st century > Exhibitions.
Trash art.
Group work in art.
Documentary films.
Published
[Beverly Hills, Calif.] : Arthouse Films 2011.
Language
English
Portuguese
Other Authors
Lucy Walker (-)
Item Description
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2009.
Special features: Extended bonus footage; "Beyond Gramacho"; "An untold story."
Physical Description
1 videodisc (DVD) (99 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in
Format
DVD; NTSC; Dolby digital 5.1 or stereo.
Audience
Not rated.
Awards
2010 Sundance Audience Award World Cinema Documentary; 2011 Academy Award Nomination for Best Documentary Feature.
Production Credits
Cinematography, Dudu Miranda ; editing, Pedro Kos ; music, Moby.
ISBN
9781422915134
Contents unavailable.
Review by Library Journal Review

Waste Land tells the story of the pickers (catadores) who inhabit Jardim Gramacho, the world's largest garbage dump, located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. Vik Muniz, a Brooklyn, NY-based artist, returns to his home country of Brazil with the intention of using art to change people, and his medium is the materials of their everyday lives. The catadores earn money by collecting recyclables for sale. Muniz connects with some of them, then creates their portraits with their assistance, using the same garbage they routinely handle. For some catadores, the project is their first chance to do clean work outside of Gramacho, and viewers see them nearly bursting with confidence and self-esteem. The portraits eventually sell at a charity auction for huge sums; photos of the process and the finished works are part of an extended gallery tour, earning more money. Muniz brings some of the catadores with him to London to meet the press. The former garbage pickers are seen now as proud and beautiful people. Some are no longer satisfied to go back to the garden; others face their work with newfound gratification; all are changed by the experience. The money earned is invested in the Gramacho workers' association, which uses it for schools, health care, and a library. This extraordinary film reveals the transformative nature of art and the beauty of the human spirit. [Watch the TRAILER.-Ed.]-Ellen Druda, Half Hollow Hills Community Lib., Dix Hills, NY (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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