The Salt of the Earth
A Journey With Sebastião Salgado
Directed by Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
Produced by Secretaria de Estado de Cultura do Espírito Santo, Decia Films
A meditative documentary portrait of a photographer's lifelong witness to human suffering and planetary beauty, balancing unflinching documentation of atrocity with transcendent reverence for nature.
During the last forty years, the photographer Sebastião Salgado has been travelling through the continents, in the footsteps of an ever-changing humanity. He has witnessed the major events of our recent history: international conflicts, starvations and exodus… He is now embarking on the discovery of pristine territories, of the wild fauna and flora, of grandiose landscapes: a huge photographic project which is a tribute to the planet's beauty. Salgado's life and work are revealed to us by his son, Juliano, who went with him during his last journeys, and by Wim Wenders, a photographer himself.
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Is The Salt of the Earth sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.
Is The Salt of the Earth scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.
Is The Salt of the Earth easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 62% of films.
Does The Salt of the Earth end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is The Salt of the Earth violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
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