Date/Time
Thursday May 28th, 20156:30 pm ‐ 8:00 pm
Location
CERAS Building Room 101, Stanford Graduate School of Education520 Galvez Mall
Stanford, CA 94305
About
(99 minutes) Brazil/UK/USA
Director: Lucy Walker
Co-Directors: Karen Harley, João Jardim
Producers: Angus Aynsley, Hank Levine
http://www.unaff.org/2011/f_waste.html
Filmed over nearly three years, Waste Land 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. The filmmakers had exceptional access to the entire process and, in the end, offer stirring evidence of the transformative power of art and the alchemy of the human spirit.
6:30PM Reception
7:00PM Screening and Discussion
Following the screening discussion with the Academy Nominated filmmakers Lucy Walker moderated by Jasmina Bojic, Camera As Witness Program Director and Founder of the international documentary film festival UNAFF.
Cosponsors
Stanford Arts Institute and Camera As Witness, School of Education present
REFLECTIONS ON ART THROUGH DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING series
co-presented with Stanford Global Studies and Stanford Film Society
