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Waste Land

2010 documentary film directed by Lucy Walker
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Summary

Waste Land is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (533 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Sundance World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary[3]
  • Director: Lucy Walker[4]
  • Composer: Moby[5]
  • Genre: documentary film[6]
  • Cast member: Vik Muniz[7]
  • Producer: Fernando Meirelles[8]
  • Original language of film or TV show: Portuguese[9]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[10]
  • Review score: 100%[11], 8.1/10[12], 78/100[13]
  • Color: color[14]
  • Country of origin: Brazil[15], United Kingdom[16]
  • Publication date: January 1, 2010[17], May 26, 2011[18]
  • Distributed by: Netflix[19]
  • Official website: http://www.wastelandmovie.com/[20]
  • Main subject: Jardim Gramacho[21], environmental issue[22]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film[23]
  • Title: Lixo Extraordinário[24]
  • Duration: 99 minutes[25]
  • CNC film rating (France): no age restriction[26]
  • CNC film rating (Romania): A.G.[27]

Why It Matters

Waste Land has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

FAQs

What awards did Waste Land receive?

Honors received include Sundance World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary[3].

Related Entities

Brazil Fernando Meirelles film Moby Netflix United Kingdom

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . Sundance Institute Digital Archive. Retrieved . history.sundance.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . cnc.fr. Retrieved . cnc.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . cnc.abt.ro. cnc.abt.ro. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['cy', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'no', 'pt', 'sv', 'uk']
    Ampas collections film id → W104830
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  2. 7w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 1268204
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  3. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Original language of film or tv show → Portuguese
    Distributed by → Netflix
    Instance of → film
    Composer → Moby
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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