The Salt of the Earth
Documentary • PG-13 • 2014 • 1 hr 50 min
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Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Camille Delafon, David Rosier
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Amazing visuals along with stotytelling
One of my favorite docs ever. It hurts to watch and it will leave you thinking but it’s worth the watch. It’s so beautiful.
An outstanding documentary. Shows a brutal beauty and truth.
Superb movie, followed by wonderful sceneries
An incredible life story of an incredible photographer, intertwined with a message of hope about the future of the world.
Documentary of a great photographer showing the evil side of humanity and the beauty of nature.
I don't love documentaries in general, but this one was really good. Love Salgado.
Amazing insight of brazilian Sebastião Salgado's photography work, an incredible homage to nature and humanity
A beautiful portrait of the biosphere. Painful at times, but also pretty uplifting and inspiring. Loved it.
A truly amazing documentary and portrait of an artist’s path to reclaim his humanity after his time documenting war. An absolute must-see.
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