Independent Lens Episode 12.19 Waste Land

Independent Lens Episode 12.19 Waste Land

Episode Premiere

April 19, 2011

Genre

Documentary

Production Company

ITVS

Official Site

http://pbs.org/show/independent-lens

Information

Episode Premiere

April 19, 2011

Genre

Documentary

Period

1999 -

Production Co

ITVS

Distributor

PBS

Official Site

http://pbs.org/show/independent-lens

Cast and Crew

Director

Lucy Walker

Main Cast

Stanley Tucci

Synopsis

Artist Vik Muniz journeys from to his home country of Brazil, and to Jardim Gramacho, the world's largest garbage dump located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. There Muniz photographs an eclectic band of catadores -- pickers of recyclable materials -- and works with them to "paint" their portraits using garbage. The resulting collaboration with these inspiring characters provides profoundly moving evidence of the transformative power of art and its impact on the human spirit.

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