The film, which portrays the works and life of the great Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado, was presented in competition at the 2014 San Sebastián International Film Festival and the 2014 Rome Film Festival.
Sebastião Salgado, after graduating in economics, left Brazil under the military regime in 1969 and moved to Europe with his wife, where he began working for the International Coffee Organization. He travels extensively for work and, thanks to his wife, starts to develop an interest in photography, to the point that in 1973 he abandons a promising career as an economist to fully dedicate himself to photography. His first internationally significant reports concern Africa.
The documentary particularly delves into his projects, later published in books, on Latin America (The Other Americas), on the dramatic conditions of African peoples (Sahel: The End of the Road), on the conditions of workers around the world (Workers), on large human migrations (Migrations), and finally on the corners of the planet that are not yet contaminated by modernity (Genesis). Salgado also talks about the reforestation project he is carrying out with his wife in the Atlantic Forest.
Free entry with the presentation of director Marco Segato.
