WASTE LAND DVD

Movie Description:
Filmed over nearly three years, WasteLand follows renowned artist Vik Muniz as he journeys from his home base in Brooklyn to his native Brazil and theworld`s largest garbage dump, Jardim Gramacho, located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro.There he photographs an eclectic band of "catadores"- or selfdesignated pickers of recycleable materials. Muniz`s initial objective wasto "paint" the catadores with garbage. However, his collaboration with theseinspiring characters as they recreate photographic images of themselves out ofgarbage revealsboth the dignity and despairof the catadores as they beginto reimagine their lives.