2014 · documentary · biography
The Salt of the Earth (2014)
Directed by Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Wim Wenders1h 50m2014
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.
Our read: The Salt of the Earth (2014) (2014) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded documentary · biography entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured documentary / biography, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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