Plot
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.
Cast
Vik Muniz
Ele mesmo
Jô Soares
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Crew
Lucy Walker
Director
Dudu Miranda
Director of Photography
Hank Levine
Producer
Lucy Walker
Screenplay
Angus Aynsley
Producer
Heloísa Passos
Director of Photography
Ernesto Herrmann
Director of Photography
Aaron Phillips
Director of Photography
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