The life and work of photographer Sebastião Salgado, who has spent forty years documenting societies in hidden corners of the world.The life and work of photographer Sebastião Salgado, who has spent forty years documenting societies in hidden corners of the world.The life and work of photographer Sebastião Salgado, who has spent forty years documenting societies in hidden corners of the world.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 14 wins & 15 nominations total
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- TriviaThe title of the film is a biblical reference, Matthew 5:13: 'You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.'
- Quotes
Sebastião Salgado - Photographer: We are a ferocious animal. We humans are terrible animals. Our history is a history of wars. It's an endless story, a tale of madness.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Oscars (2015)
- SoundtracksThe Salt of the Earth
Written by Laurent Petitgand
Performed by Laurent Petitgand
Featured review
Very touching and beautiful doc about life, love, loss, despair, redemption and it shows how, by sheer faith, you can build a forest. Literally. The beautiful photos tell a troubling yet touching story that will make you angry at mankind. By the end you will find yourself believing again and hoping that one day you could be so humble as to reflect on the negative influences in your life and thus be able to change those nativities into positive reactions . You are probably not doing enough for the world around you and when you see how easy it is to make real change, hopefully it will be a call to action. If a picture tells 1000 words, then this film tells 1000 stories.
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
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- Also known as
- La sal de la Tierra
- Filming locations
- Yalimo, Papua, Indonesia(Yali tribe)
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,343,349
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $44,900
- Mar 29, 2015
- Gross worldwide
- $5,412,466
- Runtime1 hour 50 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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