Contributor
Walker, Lucy.
Imprint:[London] : Almega Projects ; New York, NY : Distributed in the U.S. by New Video, c2011.
Description1 videodisc (99 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Note:NTSC; 5.1 Dolby digital surround, 2.0 Dolby digital stereo
Note:Originally produced as a motion picture in 2009.
Note:Special feature: Beyond Gramacho; An untold story.
Note:Sugar children -- The rubble of fine arts -- Jardim Gramacho -- Association of pickers -- A picker's life -- Honest work -- A family to support -- Making art -- Becoming a wok of art -- Auction in London -- Museum of Modern Art exhibit -- Credits
Note:Brooklyn based artist Vik Muniz grew up poor in Brazil, this film follows him as he returns to Rio de Janeiro, specifically to Jardim Gramacho, or "Garbage Garden." The world's largest landfill, it recieves 7,000 tons daily, an astonishing 70% of all Rio's garbage. "We are not pickers of garbage we are pickers of recyclable materials," says Riao, a cata dore, or trask pickers who thinks of himself and his fellows as environmentalists. The pickers hava aunion, which has built a recycling center, medical clinic, day care and skills-training centers, and community lending library of discarded books for their members. Muniz photographs a number of the pickers, reworks the photographs with garbage, and auctions serveral in London. Believing in the transformative power of art, Muniz donates the proceeds to the pickers who posed, in recognition of their lives, in honor of the dignity of their work.
Note : PerformerVik Muniz, Fabio Ghivelder, Isis Rodrigues Garros, Jose Carlos da Silva Baja Lopes (Zumbi), Sebastiao Carlos deos Santos (Tiao), Valter dos Santos, Ledie Laurentina de Silva (Irma), Magna de Franca Santos, Suelem Pere Dias.
System Details NotesDigital video disc.
Location Note : REQUEST AT THE CHECK-OUT DESK.
