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Waste land / presented by Almega projects ; O2 Filmes production ; directed by Lucy Walker ; co-directed by João Jardim, Karen Harley ; produced by Angus Aynsley and Hank Levine.

Format Video (DVD)
Publication Info[London] : Almega Projects ; New York, N.Y. : Distributed in the U.S. by New Video, ©2011.
Description1 videodisc (approximately 99 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s)
Muniz, Vik.
DVD-Video discs.
Trash art.
Ragpickers--Brazil --Rio de Janeiro.
Sanitary landfills--Brazil --Rio de Janeiro.
Waste disposal sites--Brazil --Rio de Janeiro.
Poor--Brazil --Rio de Janeiro --Social conditions.
Found objects (Art)
Group work in art.
Art, Modern--21st century --Exhibitions.
Refuse and refuse disposal in art--Exhibitions.
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Other author/creatorWalker, Lucy, director.
Other author/creatorJardim, João, director.
Other author/creatorHarley, Karen director.
Other author/creatorAynsley, Angus, producer.
Other author/creatorLevine, Hank, 1965- producer.
Other author/creatorMoby composer.
Other author/creatorMuniz, Vik interviewee.
Other author/creatorAlmega Projects (Firm)
Other author/creator02 Filmes (Firm)
Other author/creatorArthouse Films.
Other author/creatorNew Video Group.
Series Arthouse films ; 019
Arthouse films (Series) ; 019. ^A1036057
Contents Sugar children -- The realm of fine arts -- Jardim Gramacho -- Association of pickers -- A picker's life -- Honest work -- A family to support -- Making art -- Becoming a work of art -- Auction in London -- Museum of Modern Art exhibit -- Credits.
Abstract Brooklyn based artist Vik Muniz grew up poor in Brazil. This film follows him as he returns to Rio de Janeiro, specifically to Jardim Gramacho, or "Garbage Garden." The world's largest landfill, it receives 7,000 tons daily, an astonishing 70% of all Rio's garbage. "We are not pickers of garbage; we are pickers of recyclable materials," says Tião, a catadore, or trash picker who thinks of himself and his fellows as environmentalists. The pickers have a union, which has built a recycling center, medical clinic, day care and skills-training centers, and community lending library of discarded books for their members. Muniz photographs a number of the pickers, reworks the photographs with garbage, and auctions several in London. Believing in the transformative power of art, Muniz donates the proceeds to the pickers who posed, in recognition of their lives, in honor of the dignity of their work.
General noteOriginally produced as a motion picture in 2009.
General noteSpecial features include: featurettes Waste land: beyond Gramacho (ca. 16 min.); An untold story (9 min.).
CreditsDirector of photography, Dudu Miranda ; editor, Pedro Kos ; music, Moby ; dialogue transcriptions/translations, Olivia Wolfe, Carla Madiera, Beatriz Franco, Carlos Andre Oighenstein, Joana Galetti, Joca Vidal, Mauro Blanco, Fernanda Almeida Rocha, Cassia Talpalar, Andre W. Esteves.
Performer Vik Muniz, Fabio Ghivelder, Isis Rodrigues Garros, José Carlos da Silva Baia Lopes (Zumbi), Sebastião Carlos dos Santos (Tião), Valter dos Santos, Ledie Laurentina da Silva (Irmã), Magna de França Santos, Suelem Pereira Dias.
Technical detailsDVD.
LanguageSoundtrack in English and Portuguese, with English subtitles.
Awards noteWinner 2010 São Paulo International Film Festival Itamaraty Award for Best Documentary; João Jardim, Lucy Walker, Karen Harley; 2010 Sundance Film Festival, Audience Award World Cinema-Documentary; Lucy Walker; 2010 Berlin International Film Festival, Amnesty International Film Prize; Lucy Walker, Karen Harley, João Jardim, and Panorama Audience Award; Lucy Walker, Karen Harley, João Jardim; Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Audience Award, Best Documentary; IDA Awards, Best Documentary.
Genre/formDocumentary films.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Other titleWaste land, beyond Gramacho.
Other titleUntold story.
ISBN9781422915134
ISBN1422915131
UPC 767685239308
Publisher number019 Arthouse Films
Publisher numberNNVG239301 New Video Group

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