Poster of Cast and Crew in Independent Lens - Season 12 - Episode 19 - Waste Land

Independent Lens - Season 12 - Waste Land (Episode 19)

Plot: Artist Vik Muniz journeys from to his home country of Brazil, and to Jardim Gramacho, the world's largest garbage dump located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. There Muniz photographs an eclectic band of catadores -- pickers of recyclable materials -- and works with them to "paint" their portraits using garbage
Episode Aired On:
Tuesday, April 19 2011
13 years ago