Waste Land | Vik Muniz Paints Portraits of Garbage Pickers | Independent Lens

August 2024 · 4 minute read

Director
Lucy Walker

Co-Directors
João Jardim
Karen Harley

Producers
Angus Aynsley
Hank Levine

Co-Producer
Peter Martin

Executive Producers
Fernando Meirelles
Miel de Botton Aynsley
Andrea Barata Ribeiro
Jackie de Botton

Music by
Moby

Editor
Pedro Kos

Director of Photography
Dudu Miranda

Co-Directors of Photography
Heloisa Passos
Aaron Phillips
Ernesto Herrmann

Location Sound Mixer
Aloysio Compasso
José Lozeiro

1st Assistant Director
Gabriela Weeks

Featuring

Vik Muniz
Fabio Ghivelder
Isis Rodrigues Garros
José Carlos da Silva Baia Lopes (Zumbi)
Sebastião Carlos dos Santos (Tiao)
Valter dos Santos
Leide Laurentina da Silva (Irmã)
Magna de França Santos
Suelem Pereira Dias

Brazil Unit

Line Producers
Andrea Armentano
Bianca Corona

Line Producer Assistant
Francisco Puech Leão

Production Coordinator
Cristina Abi

Production Coordinator Assistant
Rogério Jacyntho

Legal and Business Affairs
Carolina Moraes
Claudia Büschel

Lawyers
Gilberto Toscano
Helena Rocca

Financial Director
Esli Leal da Cruz

Financial Manager
Lia Pini

Research
Renée Castelo Branco

Research Assistant
Rafael Vargas

Production Manager
Karla Bastos
Mariana Cassa

Production Assistants
Giulia Setembrino
Luana Quaglia de Carvalho
Marcelo Dias
Paloma Marquez
Rô Borges
Wendell Piu

1st Camera Assistant
Amara Barroso
Fabio Villela Serfaty
Gustavo Pessoa
Kika Cunha
Pablo Hoffman
Pedro Faerstein

2nd Camera Assistant
Fernanda Brito
Luz Guerra

Loggers
Luiz Eduardo Richard Villela
Michelle Nobre Dias
Rafael Nunes
Vladimir Mancebo Carneiro

Electricians
Luiz Antônio Barreto Doria
Francis Ferreira de Souza
Lourival dos Santos

Key Grips
Edgar Mujica
Paulo Fernandes Miranda (Doquinha)

Jimmy Jib Technician
Leandro de Souza

Film Provided by
Kodak

Lab and Transfer
Casablanca

Archive Footage Clearances
Paulo Machline

UK Unit

Line Producer
Alex Moreno

Production and Post-Production Coordinator
Nour Wazzi

Legal and Business Affairs
Sophie Ollivier

Development Executive
Shirine Best

Additional Legal Services
Michael Simkins LLP
Bitelli Advogados
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp

Accountants
Malde & Co

Production Assistants
Sophia Morphew
Eleanor Emptage

Camera Operator
Rob Wilton

Steadycam Operator
Barny Davis

Camera Assistant
Bruno Martin

1st Camera Assistant
Geo Geraint

2nd Camera Assistant
Nick Pollazo

3rd Camera Assistant/Logger
Mark Yeshin

Logger (HVX200)
Jason Hall

Camera Grip
Nobby Roker

Location Sound Recordist
Ludovik Lasserre

U.S. Unit

Associate Producer
Emilia Mello

Production Manager
Mahyad Tousi

Production Assistant
Faz Kashani

Camera Assistant
Hyla Scopitz

Location Sound Recordist
Mahyad Tousi

Post Production

Post Production Supervisor
Tiago Arakilian

Post Production Consultant
Titânio Produções

Post Production Assistants
Maicon Barcellos
Raissa Albuquerque

Licensed Footage
Paulo Machline

Assistant Editors
Flávia Gonçalves
Fabian Remy
Samy Waitzberg

Re-Recording Mixers
Samuel Lehmer
Gary Alexander

Sound Editor
Patrick O’Sullivan

Post Sound Manager
Michael Sable

Post Sound Services
Indie Sound

Re-Recording Facility
Lotus Post

Titles by
PanOptic

Image Post Production
Estudios Mega

Digital to Film Transfer
Alpha Cine Labs, Seattle

Artwork

Andy Warhol
Nine Multicolored Marylins andThe Scream
© The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/DACS, London 2010

Jean-Michel Basquiat
Untitled
© The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat/ADAGP, Paris/DACS, London 2010

Picasso
Woman ironing (1904)
© Succession Picasso/DACS, London 2010

Damien Hirst
Pharmacy (1992) and Superstition
© Damien Hirst/DACS 2010

Gavin Turk
Tip n°2
© Gavin Turk
Courtesy of Riflemaker

Franz Gertsch
Patti Smith IV
© Franz Gertsch

Footage from Programma do Jô and Sambódromo provided by TV Globo

Music

"Isolate"
Written and Performed by Moby
Courtesy of Little Idiot Music
Published by Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.

"Not Sensitive"
Written and Performed by Moby
Courtesy of Mute Records Ltd and Steel Synch
Published by Warner Chappell

"Aerial"
Written and Performed by Moby
Courtesy of Mute Records Ltd and Steel Synch
Published by Warner Chappell

"JLTF"
Written and Performed by Moby
Courtesy of Little Idiot Music
Published by Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.

"Shot in the Back of the Head"
Written and Performed by Moby
Courtesy of Little Idiot Music
Published by Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd

"Swear"
Written and Performed by Moby
Courtesy of Mute Records Ltd and Steel Synch
Published by Warner Chappell

"Overland"
Written and Performed by Moby
Courtesy of Mute Records Ltd and Steel Synch
Published by Warner Chappell

"Beautiful"
Written and Performed by Moby
Moby appears courtesy of Mute Records Ltd.
Published by Warner Chappell

"Flutesque"
Written and Performed by We
Courtesy of the Agriculture

“Taphead"
Written and Performed by Stars of the Lid
Courtesy of Kranky Ltd.

"Music for the Twin Peaks Episode"
Written and Performed by Stars of the Lid
Courtesy of Kranky Ltd.

"Do Verde de Coari vem meu gás Sapucaí!"
Written by Arlindo Cruz, Mingau, Emerson Dias, Maurição, Carlos Sena, and Edu Da Penha
Courtesy of Editora Musical Escola De Samba LTDA

Funding Provided by
Eletrobras
Brasil Cap
Brasil Veiculos
Ancine
Lei de Incentivo a Cultura

Waste Land was produced by Almega Projects and 02 Cinema LTDA, who are solely responsible for its content.

©2010 Almega Projects and O2 Cinema LTDA. All rights reserved.

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