Waste Land Backdrop

Waste Land

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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Box Office

Budget: $1,500,000
Revenue: $187,716
ROI: -87.5%

Verdict: Flop

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Crew

Directors

> Lucy Walker (Director)
> Dudu Miranda (Director of Photography)
> Heloísa Passos (Director of Photography)
> Ernesto Herrmann (Director of Photography)
> Aaron Phillips (Director of Photography)
> Karen Harley (Co-Director)
> João Jardim (Co-Director)

Writers

> Lucy Walker (Screenplay)