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

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Moby (Composer)
Corporate Authors:	Almega Projects (Firm) 02 Filmes (Firm) Arthouse Films Kanopy (Firm)
Other Authors:	Walker, Lucy (Film director) Jardim, João (Film director) Harley, Karen (Film director) Aynsley, Angus (Producer) Levine, Hank, 1965- (Producer) Muniz, Vik (Artist)
Language:	English Portuguese
Language of the Original:	Portuguese
Language and/or Writing System:	In English and Portuguese with English subtitles and optional closed captioning.
Published:	[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, [2016]
Subjects:	Muniz, Vik. 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) Art, Modern. Poor > Social conditions. Ragpickers. Refuse and refuse disposal in art. Sanitary landfills. Waste disposal sites. Brazil > Rio de Janeiro. 2000-2099 Documentary films. Exhibition catalogs. Nonfiction films.
Genre:	Exhibitions. Documentary films. Exhibition catalogs. Nonfiction films.
Online Access:	Connect to online resource via Kanopy - MSU authorized users (kanopy)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 video file (100 min.)) : sound, color
Format:	Electronic Video

Waste land

Published: Arthouse Films : Curiously Bright Entrertainment : Distributed by New Video, 2011

Physical Description: 1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

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