The Salt of the Earth

2014

110 min

8.1

Ends at

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.

Budget

$0

Genre

Documentary

Director

Wim Wenders

Country

Italy

Cast & Crew

Sebastião Salgado

Wim Wenders

Juliano Ribeiro Salgado

Hugo Barbier

Lélia Wanick Salgado

Jacques Barthélémy

Régis Muller

João Pessoa Mattos

Leny Wanick Mattos

Maria Teresa Salgado Rocha Bastos

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The Salt of the Earth

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.

  • Sebastião Salgado

  • Wim Wenders

  • Juliano Ribeiro Salgado

  • Hugo Barbier

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