Project Detail

You, Me, Garbage and Picasso

Name: You, Me, Garbage and Picasso
Director: Karen Harley, Joao Jardim, Janaina Tschape
Released: 2010
Duration: 85 mins

Fabio Ghivelder and Vik Muniz

Synopsis

This feature length documentary, filmed over nearly three years, follows the renowned artist Vik Muniz and a group of landfill scavengers on an emotional journey from the America's biggest garbage dump in Rio de Janeiro to the most prestigious auction houses and museums in the world via the alchemic transformation of garbage into art. Vik's initial objective was simply to 'paint' the people with garbage, however his journey with the scavengers takes him beyond the limits of what art can achieve.

Details

Year: 2010
Type of project: Features
Running time: 85 mins
Format: 35mm
Director: Karen Harley, Joao Jardim, Janaina Tschape 1st Feature
Producer: Hank Levine, Peter Martin
Co-Producer: Hank Levine, Peter Martin
Executive Producer: Fernando Meirelles
Editor: Karen Harley
Director of Photography: Dudu Miranda, Heloisa Passos
Composer: O Grivo
Principal cast: Vik Muniz, Tião, Isis, Suellem, Magna, Irmã, Carlão, Zumbi
Sound Editor/Mixer: Denilson L Campos, Solo Audio Estúdio

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Almega Projects Ltd.

6 Newburgh Street
London W1F 7RQ
UK

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info@almegaprojects.net

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