On Sunday July 19th 2015 we are screening The Salt of the Earth (2014), directed by Juliano Ribeiro Salgado and Wim Wenders.
For the last 40 years, the acclaimed photographer Sebastião Salgado has travelled the world, tracing the footsteps of an ever-changing humanity. He has witnessed and documented many of the major events of our times, taking in wars, famine, genocide and exodus. But now he is embarking on a new journey: to discover pristine territories, grandiose landscapes and wild nature as part of a huge photographic tribute to the planet’s beauty.
Salgado’s accomplished, moving work and his inspirational life are revealed in this Oscar-nominated documentary by his son, Juliano Salgado, and world-renowned filmmaker Wim Wenders (Buena Vista Social Club, Wings of Desire, Paris, Texas, Pina), himself an avid photographer.
It’s a film of remarkable and breathtaking photography, whose exquisite images compel us to ponder the obligations of the photographic recording of history and to consider the aestheticisation and commodification of suffering.
