Be the Change Documentary and Discussion Series: Waste Land

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Live Music  6:30pm, Foxfarm
Discussion  7:15
Film  7:30pm

Filmed over nearly three years, Waste Land follows renowned artist Vik Muniz as he journeys from his home base in Brooklyn to his native Brazil and the world’s largest garbage dump, Jardim Gramacho, located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. There he photographs an eclectic band of “catadores” – self-designated pickers of recyclable materials. Muniz’s collaboration with these inspiring characters as they recreate photographic images of themselves out of garbage reveals both the dignity and despair of the catadores as they begin to re-imagine their lives. Director Lucy Walker (Devil’s Playground and Countdown to Zero) and co-directors Joao Jardim and Karen Harley have great access to the entire process and, in the end, offer stirring evidence of the transformative power of art and the alchemy of the human spirit The Gayety Theatre, 161 Hurontario Street, Collingwood

Visit www.bethechangefilmseries.ca, www.elephantthoughts.com or the Blue Mountain Watershed Trust, www.bmwt.ca

Admission: $7/Students: Free

Ticket books can be purchased at the following locations: Elephant Thoughts: 4318 County Rd 124 or   Investors Group: 393 First Street, Collingwood