To pay homage to the famous photographer Sebastião Salgado, who passed away on May 23 in Paris at the age of 81, the documentary "The Salt of the Earth" directed by Wim Wenders and Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, nominated for the 2015 Academy Award for Best Documentary and Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, in the Un Certain Regard section, is back in theaters
Cast
Sebastião Salgado, Wim Wenders, Lélia Wanick Salgado, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado. Documentario
Screenings
- June 7, 4:00 PM (ITA sub.)
- June 8, 4:00 PM (ITA sub.)
- June 11, 6:30 PM (ITA sub.)
Inspired by the lyrical power of Sebastião Salgado's photography, The Salt of the Earth is a monumental documentary that traces the artistic and human itinerary of the Brazilian photographer through the intersecting gazes of Wim Wenders - also a photographer - and his son Juliano who accompanied him on his last travels. A hero of our time, an unrelenting traveler, Sebastião Salgado has explored over 40 countries. In each of his shots, with his unmistakable and very personal use of black and white, he condensed all humanity and the soul of the earth through stories of workers, migrations and poverty. He narrated the relationship between man and the environment, narrating with an extraordinary gaze the beauty of nature and what remains of it today, despite destruction and climate change. For this reason, in 2016 the French Academy of Fine Arts elected him "a great witness of the human condition and the state of the planet".
