Human Rights Student Film Series: "Waste Land"

Friday, November 9, 2012
12:00 - 2:00 pm
Carr Center Conference Room (R-219)

The Human Rights PIC presents a screening of the documentary

WASTE LAND

Directed by Lucy Walker
Co-directed by João Jardim and Karen Harley

Followed by a discussion led by

Lucia Fernandez

Waste Pickers Global Coordinator, WIEGO

Synopsis:

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. Director Lucy Walker (DEVIL’S PLAYGROUND, BLINDSIGHT and COUNTDOWN TO ZERO) and co-directors João Jardim and Karen Harley have great access to the entire process and, in the end, offer stirring evidence of the transformative power of art and the alchemy of the human spirit.

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