Independent Lens
Season 12 Episode 19 - Waste Land
6.5 ?
1999
Documentary
Artist Vik Muniz journeys from to his home country of Brazil, and to Jardim Gramacho, the world's largest garbage dump located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. There Muniz photographs an eclectic band of catadores -- pickers of recyclable materials -- and works with them to "paint" their portraits using garbage. The resulting collaboration with these inspiring characters provides profoundly moving evidence of the transformative power of art and its impact on the human spirit.
Episodes in Season 12
1
The Parking Lot Movie
60 min
2
Art & Copy
60 min
3
Reel Injun: On the Trail of the Hollywood Indian
60 min
4
The Longoria Affair
60 min
5
Lost Sparrow
60 min
6
Deep Down
60 min
7
45365
60 min
8
The Calling, Part 1
60 min
9
The Calling, Part 2
60 min
10
Men Who Swim
60 min
11
Children of Haiti
60 min
12
For Once in My Life
60 min
13
When I Rise
60 min
14
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
60 min
15
Me Facing Life: Cyntoia's Story
60 min
16
Pushing the Elephant
60 min
17
The Desert of Forbidden Art
60 min
18
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
60 min
19
Waste Land
60 min
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20
Marwencol
60 min
21
A Film Unfinished
60 min
22
Bhutto
60 min
23
Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo
60 min
24
Welcome to Shelbyville
60 min
25
Two Spirits
60 min
