15 Mar 2015

Juliano Salgado - The Salt of the Earth

From Sunday Morning, 10:45 am on 15 March 2015

Salt of the Earth courtesy Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
Image courtesy Juliano Ribeiro Salgado.

There is a well-known series of images of an open cast mine with a sea of people climbing up and down ladders, extracting soil by hand. It is the work of Brazilian photographer Sebastio Salgado.

Filmmaker Wim Wenders is a huge fan of Salgado and has co-directed a film about his life and work called The Salt of the Earth, nominated for Best Documentary at the 2015 Academy Awards.

The other director is Salgado's son – filmmaker Juliano Salgado, who joins Wallace Chapman to talk about the new movie.

 

Get the RNZ app

for easy access to all your favourite programmes

Subscribe to Sunday Morning

Podcast (MP3) Oggcast (Vorbis)