Source: http://youtu.be/_pyR9qCd2F8
The amazing documentary, video and picture above, called the Special Waste was statement made by Mr Peres Dileta, Technical Course in Environment, State Junior College Lemos, the Rio Grande - RS - Brazil, and can be downloaded from the link below: SPECIAL WASTE
SYNOPSIS:
Filmed over two years (August 2007 to May 2009), Special Waste follows the work of artist Vik Muniz in one of the largest landfills in the world: Gramacho Garden on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. There, he photographed a group of collectors of recyclable materials, with the initial aim to portray them. However, working with these characters reveals the dignity and desperation when they face suggested to re-imagine their lives outside of that environment. The team has access to the whole process and ultimately reveals the transformative power of art and alchemy of the human spirit.
ON DIRECTOR: Lucy Walker
uses filmic techniques of drama to documentaries, seeking
memorable characters in worlds that once were completely closed to it. Besides
Extraordinary Trash, Lucy Walker directed another documentary that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival
, "2010: Countdown to zero," a film about the current
terrifying threat of terrorism and nuclear proliferation.
His previous film, "Blindsight," premiered in Toronto and has received awards in the public
Berlinale - Panorama Publikumspreis, Ghent, and AFI festival in Palm Springs, and nominations for Best Documentary at the Grierson Awards 2007 and the British Independent Film Awards.
"Blindsight" follows the emotional journey of six blind Tibetan teenagers who climb the north side of Mount Everest with his hero, the blind mountain climber Erik Weihenmayer American, and the teacher Sabriye Tenberken, who founded Braille Without Borders, the only school for the blind in Tibet.
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