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The Salt of the Earth
Le sel de la terre
2014 · Film · documentary · 110 min
Directed by Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Wim Wenders
During the last forty years, the photographer Sebastião Salgado has been travelling through the continents, in the footsteps of an ever-changing humanity. He has witnessed the major events of our recent history: international conflicts, starvations and exodus… He is now embarking on the discovery of pristine territories, of the wild fauna and flora, of grandiose landscapes: a huge photographic project which is a tribute to the planet's beauty. Salgado's life and work are revealed to us by his son, Juliano, who went with him during his last journeys, and by Wim Wenders, a photographer himself.
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Related a recommend this documentary by Sebastião Salgado, The Salt of the Earth
The 2014 documentary about his life "The Salt of the Earth" is one of the best and hardest to watch films I've ever seen: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3674140/
It's a rough watch, but worth it in the end.
The World at War - BBC documentary series about WWII. Shows humanity simultaneously at it's best and worst.
The Vietnam War - Ken Burns documentary series. Very balanced and sobering take on the Vietnam war, events leading to the Vietnam war, and unrest in the US during that period.
The Fog of War - Errol Morris doc about Robert McNamara.
The Salt of the Earth - Doc about photographer Sebastião Salgado
Alone in the Wilderness - Dick Proenneke films himself building and living in a remote cabin in Alaska
Also can't go wrong with Adam Curtis.
Not quite what you're asking for, but the renowned Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado and his wife turned his family's worn-out cattle farm in Brazil into a thriving forest, which is now a nature preserve. [1] [2] There's a segment about it in the documentary about Salgado, The Salt of the Earth. [3] Quite an inspiring story.
[1] https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/sebastiao-salgado-forest-trees-180956620/
[2] https://institutoterra.org/
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Salt_of_the_Earth_(2014_film)
I can't recommend enough watching the The Salt of the Earth[0] documentary. It's not only an impactful review of Salgado's career but also a great (and visual) way to expand our knowledge about the world and its recent history.
[0] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3674140/
This 2015 article gives a more complete description of the replanting: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/sebastiao-salgado-forest-trees-180956620/
Also, the documentary "The Salt of the Earth" (directed by Wim Wenders and Salgado's son Juliano) concludes with the story of this forest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Salt_of_the_Earth_(2014_film)
The documentary is stunning. I watch a lot of documentaries, and this is one with the most "impact" that I've ever seen. It's at times difficult to watch, but worth it.
For anyone interested in Sebastião Salgado's work, I can highly recommend the documentary The Salt of the Earth[0] directed by Wim Wenders. He's done much amazing, gripping photography on ecological catastrophes and the people affected by them, and quite a bit of great nature photography as well.
[0] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3674140/