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The Salt of the Earth

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8.1/10 • 611

2014-08-291h 50m

Documentary

A Journey With Sebastião Salgado

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.

Directors
Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Wim Wenders
Writters
Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Camille Delafon, David Rosier
Editors
Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Maxine Goedicke

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  1. Sebastião Salgado

    Sebastião Salgado

    Self

  2. Wim Wenders

    Wim Wenders

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  3. Juliano Ribeiro Salgado

    Juliano Ribeiro Salgado

    Self

  4. Hugo Barbier

    Hugo Barbier

    Self

  5. Lélia Wanick Salgado

    Lélia Wanick Salgado

    Self

  6. Jacques Barthélémy

    Jacques Barthélémy

    Self

  7. Régis Muller

    Régis Muller

    Self

  8. João Pessoa Mattos

    João Pessoa Mattos

    Self

  9. Leny Wanick Mattos

    Leny Wanick Mattos

    Self

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Reno

Oct 14, 2016

8/10

The pictures tell us all the story, and when it does, you'll be heartbroken! This was nominated for the Oscars, but did not win. I should have watched it earlier, but I don't know how I forgot it and moved on. Recently noticed that I've missed it, so finally gave it a try and I really liked, but very sad to learn what the film narrated. This is a biopic, an aged photographer who traveled world revealed his experience with those horrifying encounters the humanity ever saw. From South America to Europe and Africa to Pacific Asia, he takes us back to the 70s, 80s and the 90s. His pictures tell us all the story, but when he explain more surround those pictures when he had taken them, that's where not just me, anybody who sees this documentary would be heartbroken. Initially I thought it was just a photo exhibition from the past 40- 50 years of his life, but after the opening few minutes, it kicked off from Brasil to the different parts of the world, like how people suffered from our own mistakes. Also the nature like the oil fields in Iraq, polar and sea animals, tribes, all are very fascinating, as well as upsets with the facts that causing all those troubles. Before watching this I thought it might tell about actual salt of the Earth, the chemistry, to brief its past, present and future. But what the film revealed was shocking and at a time, thanks for being very bold, for the present world, it definitely needed. This is just one man's experience, we don't know what might have happened behind when there is no camera to capture the moment and to tell the story to the rest of the world. A must see film, a documentary film like this is never late to see, even if it takes a lifetime to watch, you must take that chance and do that before you die. I have seen lots of documentaries like this, but this is not a message deliverer, it just finger pointed to our mistakes. You will learn some of the history that you ever learnt from your school, college textbooks or from your own journey around the world. So definitely these pictures are priceless. Not to admire, but to remind not to repeat in the future. I hope you watch it right away after reading my review. 8/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
French
Budget
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Revenue
$1,059,804.00
Keywords
human vs naturephotographerexodusslaveryphotographic evidencecombat photographycultural conflictstarvationshockinghumanityslave laborwildlife photographercrime against humanityhuman made disasterplanet earthobservational documentaryevery picture tells it’s storyhuman in naturelandscape photographybeautiful landscapesgroup conflictexperimental documentaryconflict zone