The Salt of the Earth
The mission of the Centre d'art et essai de la Cinémathèque québécoise (CAECQ) is to primary program Quebec-made documentaries and independent fiction, as well as international documentaries, animated and foreign films, while encouraging opportunities for meetings between the public and the artists. Its programming is presented in conjunction with the Cinémathèque québécoise’s under the label New releases.
Winner of the Un Certain Regard Special Prize, 2014 Cannes Film Festival
For the last 40 years, the photographer Sebastião Salgado has been travelling through the continents, in the footsteps of an ever-changing humanity. He has witnessed some of the major events of our recent history; international conflicts, starvation and exodus. He is now embarking on the discovery of pristine territories, of wild fauna and flora, and of grandiose landscapes as part of a huge photographic project, which is a tribute to the planet’s beauty. Sebastião Salgado’s life and work are revealed to us by his son, Juliano, who went with him during his last travels, and by Wim Wenders, himself a photographer.
Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
Juliano Ribeiro Salgado was born in 1974 in Paris, where he grew up in a Franco-Brazilian environment. In 1996, he made his first documentary for Arte, Suzana, on the use of antipersonnel mines in Angola. Other documentaries followed, made in Ethiopia, Afghanistan and Brazil. At the same time, he made news reports for Canal+ in France and for TV Globo in Brazil. Salgado then entered the London Film School, from which he graduated in 2003. He has made a number of short films and documentaries for French television. His 2009 film, Nauru an Island adrift, made for the Grand Format documentary unit of Arte, was selected by numerous international festivals (Hot Docs, Festival Dei Populo). He co-directed The Salt of the Earth with Wim Wenders in 2014.
Bio: Métropole Films
Photo: Ivi Roberg
Wim Wenders
Wim Wenders came to international prominence as one of the pioneers of German Cinema during the 1970s and is now considered one of the most important figures in contemporary film. In addition to his many prize-winning feature films, his work as a scriptwriter, director, producer, photographer and author also encompasses an abundance of innovative documentary films. He has been honored with countless awards at festivals around the world, including the Golden Lion at the Venice International Film Festival for The State of Things (1982), the Palme d'or at the Cannes Film Festival and the BAFTA for Paris, Texas (1984), the Director’s Prize in Cannes for Wings of Desire (1987), and the Silver Bear for The Million Dollar Hotel (2000) at the Berlin International Film Festival. His documentary films Buena Vista Social Club (1999), Pina (2011), and The Salt of the Earth (2014) have all been nominated for Oscars.
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Photo: Gerhard Kassner
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