Synopisis:  WASTE LAND follows artist Vik Muniz from his home in Brooklyn to his native Brazil to the world’s largest garbage dump, Jardim Gramacho, located in Rio de Janeiro. There he photographs an eclectic band of “catadores”—self-designated pickers of recyclable materials. Muniz’s objective was to paint the catadores. However, he changes course and collaboraes with these inspiring characters as they recreate photographic images of themselves out of garbage –  revealing both the dignity and despair of the catadores as they begin to re-imagine their lives.

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