Follow the trash with the director of “Waste Land”
One of the best films last year: The Oscar-nominated documentary Waste Land. The central figures are Brazilian-born, Brooklyn-based artist Vik Muniz and the crew of catadores — garbage pickers — at the world's largest landfill, Rio de Janeiro's Jardim Gramacho.
Director Lucy Walker spent months filming the stories of garbage pickers for her documentary. After her Waste Land experience, Lucy set out to learn what happens to Los Angeles' garbage with social innovators Max Lugavere and Jason Silva.
Check the video after the jump. It's a reminder of how aware we need to be about what we're really throwing away- and we should also be donating used items instead of throwing them in the trash, so that they can go on to have another life. Who knows? They might become art.
