‘Waste Land’
The sustainability film series at Appalachian State University
closes its third year Tuesday, April 17, with a screening of “Waste Land.”
The feature-length
film will be shown in Greer Auditorium, starting at 7 p.m. and free of charge. A 30-minute panel
discussion will follow. Visit http://www.sustain.appstate.edu/2012filmseries for more
information.
“Waste Land” follows artist Vik Muniz as he journeys through Brazil and the
world’s largest landfill near Rio de Janeiro. Muniz recreates images of the city’s trash pickers,
“catadores,” using trash as one of his mediums. It becomes a mission to help the catadores transform
their lives through art and the re-imagination of their lives.
Sponsors of this year’s series
are the Office of Sustainable Development, Appalachian Popular Programming Society (APPS), Belk
Library and Information Commons, and Appalachian’s Renewable Energy Initiative and Energy
Center.
The series is hosted by Appalachian’s Office of Sustainability and Department
of Geology. For more information about the film series, contact Brian Zimmer in the Department of
Geology at (zimmerbw@appstate.edu)
