Waste Land, filmed over nearly three years and directed by Lucy Walker is a fascinating documentary about the world's largest garbage dump "Jardim Gramacho" in Brazil, Rio de Janiero, and their “catadores” —self-appointed collectors of recyclable materials. Lucy's film crew follows the artist Vik Muniz on his journey from New York Brooklyn to his native Brazil and the biggest landfill in the world where he immortalizes the catadores by taking pictures and in collaboration with them transforming those into portraits created with the garbage of Jardim Gramacho. All of these artworks should later on be sold at auctions and the money be given back to the community. This documentation is so simple, human, heart-warming and "shows that beauty is never outside the reach of people who never stop believing in themselves".
“Beautifully captured, this portrait of a very proud and resourceful underclass rightly tugged the heartstrings of everyone who saw it.”
Awards
| Sundance Film Festival | - Audience Award for Best World Cinema Documentary | January 2010 |
| Berlin Film Festival | - Panorama Audience Award for Best Film - Amnesty International Human Rights Film Award | February 2010 |
| IDFA | -Audience Award for Best Documentary | November 2010 |
| Full Frame Film Festival | - Audience Award for Best Film | April 2010 |
| Dallas International Film Festival | - Target Filmmaker Award for Best Documentary | March 2010 |
| Seattle International Film Festival | - Best Documentary, Golden Space Needle Audience Award (tie) | June 2010 |
| Provincetown International Film Festival | - HBO Audience Award, Best Documentary Feature | June 2010 |
| Maui International Film Festival | - Audience Award for Best World Cinema Documentary | June 2010 |
| Paulinia Film Festival | - Audience Award for Best Film - Jury Award for Best Film | July 2010 |
| Durban International Film Festival | - Best Documentary - Audience Choice Best Film - Amnesty International Durban Human Rights Award | August 2010 |
| EcoFocus Film Festival | - Human Spirit Award - Audience Award for Best Feature Film | October 2010 |
| Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival | - People's Choice Award for Best Documentary Film | October 2010 |
| Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival | - Jury Award | October 2010 |
| Heartland Film Festival | - Crystal Heart Award | October 2010 |
| Vancouver International Film Festival | - Rogers People's Choice Award | October 2010 |
| Såo Paulo Internacional Film Festival | - Itamaraty Award for Best Documentary | November 2010 |
| Amazonas Film Festival | - Jury Award | November 2010 |
| Stockholm International Film Festival | - Silver Audience Award | November 2010 |
| IDA Awards | - Best Documentary - Pare Lorentz Award | December 2010 |
| Rotten Tomatoes | - Golden Tomato Award, Best reviewed Documentary | January 2011 |
| Wild & Scenic Festival | - Best of Festival | January 2011 |
| Frozen River Film Festival | - Jury Award | January 2011 |
| Princeton Environmental Film Festival | - Best of Festival | February 2011 |
| Academy Awards® | - Best Documentary Feature | Nominee |
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