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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 whole...

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Other Authors: Walker, Lucy, Levine, Hank, Aynsley, Angus, Muniz, Vik
Language:English
Portuguese
Language and/or Writing System:
English and Portuguese with English subtitles.
Published: [Beverly Hills, Calif.] : Arthouse Films : Curiously Bright Entrertainment : Distributed by New Video, 2011.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
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.
Feature films.
Documentary films.
Genre:
Exhibitions.
Feature films.
Documentary films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
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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.
Note:Originally produced as a motion picture in 2009.
Special features: Extended bonus footage; "Beyond Gramacho"; "An untold story."
Videorecording.
Call Number:CW4 D0131733 VideoDVD
TR647.M86 W37 2011 VideoDVD
Awards:2010 Sundance Audience Award World Cinema Documentary; 2011 Academy Award Nomination for Best Documentary Feature.
ISBN:1422915131
9781422915134
System Details:DVD; Dolby Digital 5.1; Dolby Digital stereo.
Participant or 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.