Name: The Salt of the Earth
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2014
Duration: T1H49M
Cast: Sebastião Salgado, Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado

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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.

Un Certain Regard Special Prize and Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (Special Mention), Cannes Film Festival 2014

2014Rating: M, Content may disturb109 minsFrance, ItalyFrench, Portugese and English with English subtitles

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Director:: Wim Wenders ('Paris, Texas', 'Wings of Desire', 'Pina')Juliano Ribeiro Salgado ('Paris la métisse')
Writer:: Wim WendersJuliano Ribeiro SalgadoDavid Rosier
Cast:: Sebastião SalgadoWim WendersJuliano Ribeiro Salgado

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The Salt of the Earth / Reviews

Flicks, Liam Maguren

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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Variety

Wenders confirms his mastery of the documentary form with this stunning ode to Sebastiao Salgado.

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The New York Times

[Mr. Salgado's] pictures, precisely because they disclose harsh and unwelcome truths, deserve a harder, more robustly critical look.

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The Guardian

A moving tribute to a peerless talent.

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The Dissolve

Salgado’s photographs have the scope and perspective of someone who can genuinely say he’s seen it all.

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Los Angeles Times

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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IndieWire

“The Salt Of The Earth” is as often breathtakingly beautiful as the photographer's images.

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Hollywood Reporter

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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