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Storyline

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.

Released

2014-08-29
Revenue

$1,059,804
Budget

n/a
Runtime

1hr 50m
Genre

Documentary
Status

Released
Language

Français, Português, English
8.4
Production

Secretaria de Estado de Cultura do Espírito Santo, Decia Films, Amazonas Images, Solares Fondazione delle Arti, La Région Île-de-France, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Serviçio Social do Comércio

Crew

Juliano Ribeiro Salgado

Director

Wim Wenders

Writer

David Rosier

Producer

Keywords:

human vs nature photographer exodus slavery photographic evidence combat photography cultural conflict starvation shocking humanity slave labor wildlife photographer crime against humanity human made disaster planet earth observational documentary every picture tells it’s story human in nature landscape photography beautiful landscapes group conflict experimental documentary conflict zone

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Sebastião Salgado

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Wim Wenders

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Juliano Ribeiro Salgado

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Hugo Barbier

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Lélia Wanick Salgado

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Jacques Barthélémy

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Régis Muller

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Leny Wanick Mattos

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A Review by Rangan 8

Written by Rangan on 2016-10-14

**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 sh... read more

**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_