Ultimately this is an uplifting work, which demonstrates how art can transform lives and self-perceptions, even if the end credits indicate the future for many of these catadores remains very uncertain.
Waste Land is a deeply moving and genuinely uplifting experience, and an irresistible ode to the transformative power of art.
Compelling and vivid, it's another fine piece of work from an up-and-coming talent.
What astounds isn’t their poverty, but their joie de vivre, a reminder of humanity’s ability to transcend its surroundings through art or just plain optimism.
Walker is so taken with this transcendence tale...that the landfill's supporting stories are lost in the triumphalism.
The glimpses of favela life will make you thank your lucky stars you weren't born [in Brazil].
A compelling spectacle.
The subjects are sensitively observed and the process of the work lucidly explained. Muniz is a gifted, modest and altogether delightful man, and his project is both aesthetically fascinating and philosophically stimulating.
Beautifully made and very moving.
A fascinating documentary exploring the transformative power of art.
Scenes from the world's largest rubbish dump
Interview: Lucy Walker, director
Interview: Lucy Walker, director
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