Waste Land 14 years old

What happens in the world's largest trash city will transform you.

Waste Land

An uplifting feature documentary highlighting the transformative power of art and the beauty of the human spirit. Top-selling contemporary artist Vik Muniz takes us on an emotional journey from Jardim Gramacho, the world's largest landfill on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, to the heights of international art stardom. Vik collaborates with the brilliant catadores, pickers of recyclable materials, true Shakespearean characters who live and work in the garbage quoting Machiavelli and showing us how to recycle ourselves.

Credits

Waste Land Cast

Name Character
Vik Muniz He was 49, now 63 years old as Himself

Waste Land Crew

Name Department
Andrea Barata Ribeiro as Executive Producer. Production
Hank Levine as Producer. He was 44 (now 59) years old Production
Mahyad Tousi as Unit Production Manager. Production
Fernando Meirelles as Executive Producer. He was 54 (now 69) years old Production
Peter Martin as Co-Producer. Production
João Jardim as Co-Director. He was 46 (now 60) years old Directing
Heloísa Passos as Director of Photography. She was 42 (now 57) years old Camera
Pedro Kos as Editor. Editing
Dudu Miranda as Director of Photography. Camera
Angus Aynsley as Producer. Production
Karen Harley as Co-Director. Directing
Samuel Lehmer as Sound Re-Recording Mixer. Sound
Samy Waitzberg as Assistant Editor. Editing
Waste Land poster
Waste Land (14 years)

What happens in the world's largest trash city will transform you.

  • Release day: Sunday, January 24, 2010
  • Runtime: 90 minutes
  • Budget: 1500000.00
  • Revenue: 187716.00