Movie
Waste Land
What happens in the world's largest trash city will transform you.
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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Checked Sep 4, 2026
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Synopsis
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.
More about Waste Land
Cast
Vik MunizHimselfCredits
- Directed by
- Lucy Walker
- Written by
- Lucy Walker
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $1.5M
- Box office
- $187.7K
Production
O2 FilmesBrazil- Almega Projects
OscilloscopeUnited States- Intelligent Media Productions
PetrobrasBrazil
