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Monday, February 7, 2011

Wasteland [Lixo Extraordinário]

Filmed over nearly three years, the WASTE LAND documentary 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, COUNTDOWN TO ZERO) has great access to the entire process and, in the end, offers stirring evidence of the transformative power of art and the alchemy of the human spirit.

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[Tradução: Diogo Miranda]

Filmado ao longo de quase três anos (agosto de 2007 a maio de 2009), o documentário Lixo Extraordinário acompanha o trabalho do artista plástico Vik Muniz e sua jornada do Brooklyn, onde mora, ao Brasil, seu país de origem. Em um dos maiores aterros sanitários do mundo: o Jardim Gramacho, na periferia do Rio de Janeiro, ele fotografa um grupo eclético de catadores (auto-entitulados de catadores de materiais recicláveis), com o objetivo inicial de retratá-los. No entanto, o trabalho com esses personagens revela a dignidade e o desespero que enfrentam quando sugeridos a reimaginar suas vidas fora daquele ambiente. A equipe tem acesso a todo o processo e, no final, revela o poder transformador da arte e da alquimia do espírito humano.

Quem assistiu a abertura da novela Passione se deparou com o trabalho dessa união (do artista com os catadores)!

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