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Waste Land

Finding Hope Down in the Dump: A Visit with Tiao Carlos dos Santos, Champion of Rio Garbage Pickers

Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 08.29.2012 | Green
Read More: Lucy Walker, Sebastiao Carlos Dos Santos, Waste Land, Rio+20 Earth Summit, Jardim Gramacho, Rio De Janeiro, Leila Monroe, Nrdc, Lisa Kaas Boyle, Tiao Carlos Dos Santos, Slater Jewell-Kemker, Green News
Lisa Kaas Boyle

Jardim Gramacho is no longer the densely populated village of scavengers and recyclers captured so provocatively in the film Waste Land. One of the largest open-air landfills on the planet, the facility was recently closed just weeks before The Rio + 20 Earth Summit.

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lucy walker trash

Posted 09.04.2011 | Green
Read More: Recycling, Toyota, Landfills, Lucy Walker, Green, Trash, Slidepollajax, Waste Land, Garbage, Green News

Director Lucy Walker spent months filming the stories of garbage pickers working at Rio de Janeiro's Jardim Gramacho, one of the world's largest landf...

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The 30th Istanbul Film Festival: Egyptian Film Wins the Golden Tulip Award

Karin Badt | Posted 06.18.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Turkish Cinema, Tulip Prize, Canon 7d, Sexual Abuse, Elisa K, Istanbul Film Festival, Jonathan Nossiter, Lucy Walker, Microphone, Ahmad Abdalla, Jardim Gramacho, Rio Sex Comedy, My Only Sunshine, Pandora's Box, Muniz, Waste-Land, Child Victims of Sexual Abuse, Entertainment News
Karin Badt

Two of the most delightful films I saw at the Istanbul Film Festival this past week took place in Rio. One, a documentary called Wasteland by British ...

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5 Must-See Indie Films

Leonard Maltin | Posted 05.31.2011 | Arts
Read More: The-Father-of-My-Children, Win Win, Film, Waste Land, In a Better World, I Love You Phillip Morris, Thomas Anders Jensen, Lucy Walker, Vik Muniz, Best Foreign Film, Mia Hansen-LøVe, Jim Carrey, Tom Mccarthy, Susanne Bier, Oscars, Leonard Maltin, Hollywood, Arts News
Leonard Maltin

By Leonard Maltin With so much mediocrity on display at the multiplex, it's cause for celebration when terrific new movies from two world-class filmm...

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Oscar Documentary Nominees 'Not Afraid Of Banksy'

AP | DERRIK J. LANG | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Read More: Exit Through the Gift Shop, Restrepo, Oscars Documentary, Documentary Nominees, Banksy Exit Through the Giftshop, Inside Job, Documentary Nominees Oscars, Gasland, Oscars, The Oscars, Oscars 2011, Waste Land, Banksy, Banksy-Oscars, Arts News

LOS ANGELES — Lucy Walker is more worried about gussying up for the 83rd annual Academy Awards than worrying about whether Banksy will make his mark...

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Green Films Going for the Gold

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Josh Fox, The Warriors of Quigong, Waste Land, Fracking, Environmentalism and Art, Academy Awards, Vik Muniz, Jennifer Redfearn, Geefwee Boedoe, Environmentalism and Film, Environmentalism, Ruby Yang, China, Film, Brazil, Carteret Islands, Papua New Guinea, Gasland, Lucy Walker, Let's Pollute, Environment, Hydrofracking, Oscars, Hydraulic Fracturing, Sun Come Up, Green News
Bill Chameides

While the popularity and relevance of the Academy Award ceremony have waxed and waned over the years, movies have remained a good bellwether of America's interests.

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Docu-Drama: Surprises and Snubs for the Best Documentary Oscar

Jonathan Kim | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Slidepollajax, Exit Through the Gift Shop, Tim Hetherington, Restrepo, Fracking, Afghanistan, Lucy Walker, Thierry Guetta, Sebastian Junger, Street Art, Charles Ferguson, Gasland, The Oscars, Oscars Best Documentary, Banksy, Waiting for Superman, Marwencol, Charter Schools, Josh Fox, Inside Job, Waste Land, Rethink Reviews, Jonathan Kim, Movie Reviews, Rethink Interview, Films, Oscars-2011, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

It's a good time to dust off your queue and take a look at some of the best documentaries of 2010 while we can still remember them.

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OFF-HOLLYWOOD: The Five Indie Films Worth Seeing This Month

Leonard Maltin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Read More: Nora's Will, Winter's Bone, Tiny Furniture, Waste Land, I Love You Phillip Morris, Film, Arts News
Leonard Maltin

By Leonard Maltin Fans of foreign-language films, documentaries, and American indies have reason to be hopeful as the year winds down: a handful of ...

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WATCH: DOCUMENTARY: NY Artist Paints Rio De Janeiro's Garbage Pickers

Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Read More: Jardim Gramacho, Brooklyn, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, Vik Muniz, Los Angeles, Documentary, City of God, Film, Waste Land, Catadores, Garbage, Arts News

A Brooklyn artist visits the garbage dumps of Rio de Janeiro to paint the ragpickers. On the face of it, the project might seem to reek of exploitatio...

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