Cartoneros
Verzio FF submission Cartoneros is a documentary committed to expose the way in which thousands of unemployed workers come daily into the city of Buenos Aires in order to sort and classify the garbage that neighbors leave behind every evening on their doorsteps. The movie, which took two years to fi...
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| Institution: | Open Society Archives at Central European University |
| Language: | Spanish |
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Argentina
2006
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:042fb300-b877-4642-ac2b-ac6a06286ede |
| Summary: | Verzio FF submission
Cartoneros is a documentary committed to expose the way in which thousands of unemployed workers come daily into the city of Buenos Aires in order to sort and classify the garbage that neighbors leave behind every evening on their doorsteps. The movie, which took two years to film, shows the process of sorting and selling the trash collected by cartoneros that work independently as well as by those who have created coops in order to protect themselves from abusive middle management. The documentary follows the trash through the whole process: from the neighborhood’s sidewalk all the way to the paper mill. Among the many stages of garbage the film also offers a reflection on the relation between garbage and art. |
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| Published: | 2006 |