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Art, Modern 21st century Exhibitions Families Drama Household employees Economic conditions Drama Household employees Social conditions Drama Housekeepers Drama Mothers and daughters Drama Refuse and refuse disposal in art Exhibitions Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Social status Drama São Paulo (Brazil) DramaSummary: Brooklyn based artist Vik Muniz grew up poor in Brazil. This film follows him as he returns to Rio de Janeiro, specifically to Jardim Gramacho, or "Garbage Garden." The world's largest landfill, it receives 7,000 tons daily, an astonishing 70% of all Rio's garbage. "We are not pickers of garbage; we are pickers of recyclable materials," says Tião, a catadore, or trash picker who thinks of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Almega Projects 2011
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WASSummary: The story centers on Val, a hard-working live-in housekeeper in modern-day São Paulo. Val is perfectly content to take care of every one of her wealthy employers' needs, from cooking and cleaning to being a surrogate mother to their teenage son, who she has raised since he was a toddler. But when Val's estranged daughter Jessica shows up, the unspoken but intrinsic class barriers that exist...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016