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WASTE LAND

Director:

  Lucy Walker
  

Year Released:

  2010

Jan's Rating:

Rich's Rating:

3 out of 5

3 out of 5

Key Performances:

  Fabio
  Irma
  Isis
  Valter
  Zumbi
Movie Haiku:Conceptual artist Vik Muniz lives in trendy Brooklyn now but grew up in Sao Paulo. In WASTE LAND he returns to Brazil to document the lives of "pickers" in the huge dump outside Rio. We really wanted to like this film, but it just felt a bit too self-congratulatory: too many beautiful faces smiling just a bit too hard for the camera :-(

ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM:

Women filmmakers?

  Yes

Jewish content?

  No

Haiku Posted:

  2011