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Down To Earth archive for July 7, 2011

THURSDAY, JULY 7, 2011



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…

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