Cinemascope: Waste Land

Cinemascope is a regular blog post where I will share with you movies and TV shows I think are worth watching.

Released in 2010. 

Plot line: An uplifting feature documentary highlighting the transformative power of art and the beauty of the human spirit.

This is really quite a remarkable story of human spirit and resilience and art. "Filmed over nearly three years, WASTE LAND follows renowned artist Vik Muniz as he journeys from his home base in Brooklyn to his native Brazil and the world's largest garbage dump, Jardim Gramacho, located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. There he photographs an eclectic band of "catadores": self-designated pickers of recyclable materials. Muniz's initial objective was to "paint" the catadores with garbage. However, his collaboration with these inspiring characters as they recreate photographic images of themselves out of garbage reveals both the dignity and despair of the catadores as they begin to re-imagine their lives."

You can see the trailer here. If you have yet to see it, this is a documentary worth watching.