The Salt of the Earth (2014)

	Also Known As: Das Salz der Erde
	Year of first release: 2014
	Director: Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
	Actors: Sebastião Salgado, Juliano Salgado, Wim Wenders, Lélia Wanick Salgado
	Country: BR, F, I
	Genre: Documentary
	Conditions of visioning: 19.07.2015, DVD, Original version
Synopsis: Sebastião Salgado started studying law and economics. During the Brasilian dictature in the 70s, he and his girlfriend Lélia moved to Europe. After a couple of years of work as economist, he decides to quit and travel taking pictures and sell these. This biography follows him along his life and evolution through photography.
Review: I received the DVD from a talented photograph. And I was therefore curious to know that movie and the character of Sebastião Salgado. The guy has a story to tell. Not only his own story but also the stories that he can testify for, from all his travels and photobooks. We start in Latin America cos of his nostalgia. Then to Africa following Médecins sans Frontières (Doctors without borders). To Kuwait just after the first Iraq war. Then to Rwanda during the genocides. Finally he comes back to his land, Brasil. And tries to make something good in it, focused on the nature. Mostly because his family land got dry and lost all its trees (by whom is a mystery).  The movie is storytelling by Sebastião and by Juliano but never a dialogue, as it was also a way for both to discover each other.  The image was not so good, but the image composition by Sebastião is not questioned. He is great! And he goes to the right places at the right time. And takes good decisions. It seems like there was not much support to his wife with two kids. His life is true because it follows his deep will.  In the movie, you can a bit about photography, and a lot about this great photograph that is Sebastião Salgado.
Rating: 7 /10