"What happens in the world's largest trash city will transform you."
2010-01-24
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Documentary
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.
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Director
Lucy Walker
Screenplay
Lucy Walker
Producer
Angus Aynsley
Executive Producer
Andrea Barata Ribeiro
Producer
Hank Levine
Co-Producer
Peter Martin
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