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Independent Lens | Waste Land | Artistically Inspired, Afraid to Turn Back | PBS

Duration: 01:22
Program: Independent Lens #1219

For catador Valeria, collaborating with Vik Muniz and her community on artworks made from recycled materials has been a bittersweet experience, since she's now reluctant to return to being a garbage picker, the life she knows best.

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Post Date: March 24, 2011