7.0
Jesus Camp
2006
“What happens in the world's largest trash city will transform you.”
Waste Land (2010)
January 24, 20101h 30mEN
7.6
127 votes
Overview
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.
Director
Lucy WalkerWriter
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$1.5M
Revenue
$188K
Production Companies
O2 FilmesAlmega ProjectsOscilloscopeIntelligent Media ProductionsPetrobras
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User Reviews
BornKnight
Nominated for best documentary for the Academy in 2012. I don't know if I could be wrong but some of the the reviews here are very negative from those who live in Brazil. The point of view is valid from what people say negatively about documentaries, but I also agree with another aspect - in the same way that the impact of knowing that your painting is worth so much more than you as a person in a landfill, it also shows the perspective that things can be different if you believe and fight for it, no matter how small the fight - growing in literacy, courses, and other things that I don't thi…
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