Friends Film Club: Lucy Walker, ‘Waste Land’
The East End Film Festival
Wednesday 24 August 2016 7 - 9pm
Sir Hugh Casson Room, The Keeper’s House, Royal Academy of Arts
£12 (including popcorn and a drink). Booking required, Friends only.
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Friends are invited to join us for the East End Film Festival’s second season at the Royal Academy, with the theme of artists and adversity. Here, Lucy Walker’s 2011 ‘Waste Land’ explores the transformative power of art and the beauty of the human spirit.
Filmed over nearly three years, Lucy Walker’s award-winning documentary follows renowned artist Vik Muniz as he journeys from his home base in Brooklyn to his native Brazil and the world's largest garbage dump, Jardim Gramacho, located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. There he photographs an eclectic band of ‘catadores’ – self-designated pickers of recyclable materials. Muniz’s initial objective was to ‘paint’ the catadores with garbage. However, his collaboration with these inspiring characters as they recreate photographic images of themselves out of garbage reveals both the dignity and despair of the catadores as they begin to re-imagine their lives.
Lucy Walker is a British documentary filmmaker who has been twice nominated for an Academy Award. We welcome her to present her work.
Booking is essential for these events, if you wish to bring a guest please book one ticket for each person.
Tickets include a welcome drink and popcorn.
Watch the trailer: ‘Waste Land'
The East End Film Festival with the Royal Academy of Arts
The East End Film Festival is one of the largest multimedia arts festivals in London. Presenting some of the most inspiring and boundary pushing new films from all over the world to London audiences each summer, the festival is a home for cross platform work, and artists who embrace a movement between mediums.
The EEFF is now collaborating with the Royal Academy on a series of special film screenings exploring the work of modern and contemporary artists creating work in adverse circumstances. This season is centred on artists facing adversity.