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The Salt of the Earth


Directed by: Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado


2014 | France/Brazil/Italy | 1hr 50 min



Screening

Friday, November 20, 2015, 7pm

Matinee

Saturday, November 21, 2015, 3pm

Screening

Saturday, November 21, 2015, 7pm



For the last 40 years, the photographer Sebastião Salgado has been travelling through the continents, in the footsteps of an ever-changing humanity. He has witnessed some of the major events of our recent history; international conflicts, starvation and exodus. He is now embarking on the discovery of pristine territories, of wild fauna and flora, and of grandiose landscapes as part of a huge photographic project, which is a tribute to the planet’s beauty. Sebastião Salgado’s life and work are revealed to us by his son, Juliano, who went with him during his last travels, and by Wim Wenders, himself a photographer. “Wim Wenders’ master stroke in The Salt of the Earth is to let the photographs of Sebastião Salgado speak for themselves.” Wendy Ide. The Times.


Nominated, Best Documentary, Academy Awards 2015

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