Wim Wenders documents the work and life of Brazilian artist, environmentalist and photojournalist Sebastião Salgado, bringing his acclaimed photography to...
Wim Wenders documents the work and life of Brazilian artist, environmentalist and photojournalist Sebastião Salgado, bringing his acclaimed photography to the big screen. For 40 years, Salgado has travelled the globe, capturing challenging images of humanity from thousands of workers toiling in Brazil’s open cast mines to the hostile environment of Siberia.
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94 %96 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
90 %8,241 reviewsAudience score rating
"Words cannot reflect what social photographer Sebastião Salgado visualises and captures, for he is a writer of a different kind, “a man writing and rewriting the world with lights and shadows.” By being both a biographical documentary and a showcase of his work, Wim Wenders’ (Pina) The Salt of the Earth can easily teach anyone how to ‘read’ what Salgado ‘writes’."
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Flicks
Flicks"Wenders confirms his mastery of the documentary form with this stunning ode to Sebastiao Salgado."
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Variety
Variety"[Mr. Salgado's] pictures, precisely because they disclose harsh and unwelcome truths, deserve a harder, more robustly critical look."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"A moving tribute to a peerless talent."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"Salgado’s photographs have the scope and perspective of someone who can genuinely say he’s seen it all."
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The Dissolve
The Dissolve"Whether you're familiar with Salgado's name and work or not, the documentary "The Salt of the Earth," a popular prize-winner at Cannes and on the Oscar shortlist, will be a revelation."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times"“The Salt Of The Earth” is as often breathtakingly beautiful as the photographer's images."
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IndieWire
IndieWire"Doesn’t reveal so much as gracefully confirm that the empathy and humanism that make Salgado’s photojournalistic work so special are also a part of the artist’s outlook on life."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood ReporterThe Salt of the Earth | Details
Award winner- Un Certain Regard Special Prize and Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (Special Mention), Cannes Film Festival 2014
- Rating
- 12, images of real dead bodies
- Runtime
- 109
- Genre
- Documentary
- Country of origin
- France, Italy
