Waste Land, a new award-winning documentary directed by Lucy Walker opened in NYC on October 29th at The Angelika Film Center.

Waste Land follows Vik Muniz as he journeys from his home base in Brooklyn to Rio de Janeiro’s Jardim Gramacho, the world’s largest garbage dump.

There he photographs an eclectic band of “catadores” — self-designated pickers of recyclable materials.
His collaboration with these inspiring men and women as they recreate their portraits out of trash reveals both their dignity and despair as they begin to re-imagine their lives.

Check out the trailer below.

WASTE LAND Official Trailer from Emily Rothschild on Vimeo.

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