The Scavengers

1993 | 45 minutes | 8.0 ★ (1)

The Scavengers
  • Overview

    In this documentary Coutinho examines the plight of the people who live off the waste of the Brazilian cities. These people make their living by scavenging the immense urban garbage dumps searching for whatever they can find to sell as well as whatever they can find to eat.

  • Release Date

    01 January 1993

  • DirectingEduardo Coutinho
  • Budget

    $0.00

  • Revenue

    $0.00

  • Stars

Videos

User Reviews

See more

More Like This

Sieben Mulden und eine Leiche

Sieben Mulden und eine Leiche

Thomas Haemmerli is about to celebrate his fortieth birthday when he learns of his mother's death. A further shock follows when he and his brother...

See more
Biùtiful cauntri

Biùtiful cauntri

The Edge of Democracy

The Edge of Democracy

A cautionary tale for these times of democracy in crisis—the personal and political fuse to explore one of the most dramatic periods in Brazilian...

See more
Like Water Through Stone

Like Water Through Stone

In the Espinhaço Mountains one winter, a group of small-town Brazilian girls are experiencing the end of their youth. Impossible romances leave...

See more
3 Champions

3 Champions

An intimate look at the history of Brazilian drivers from the '70s to the '90s, an era in which Brazil dominated Formula 1 racing, from the...

See more
Triste Trópico

Triste Trópico

In this "fake documentary", a doctor returns to Brazil after his studies in Paris. Setting out to practice Medicine, he becomes an indigenous...

See more
O Brasil Deu Certo. E Agora?

O Brasil Deu Certo. E Agora?

3 ex-presidents of Brazil, 12 ex-ministers of State, 7 ex-governors of the Central Bank, bank owners and finance specialists tell the Brazilian...

See more
Maria Bethânia: Música é Perfume

Maria Bethânia: Música é Perfume

Brazilian singer Maria Bethania has a 40-year singing career. A documentary shows her concerts and famous family.

See more
We Feed the World

We Feed the World

A documentary that exposes the shocking truths behind industrial food production and food wastage, focusing on fishing, livestock and crop farming....

See more
Chico Buarque: Caravanas – Ao Vivo

Chico Buarque: Caravanas – Ao Vivo

Frustrated

Frustrated

Afro-American men and women express their views on why some Black men are travelling from the US to Brazil to find sex partners.

See more
The Way Things Go

The Way Things Go

Artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss create the ultimate Rube Goldberg machine. The pair used found objects to construct a complex, interdependent...

See more
Miller & Fried – The Birth of Football’s Country

Miller & Fried – The Birth of Football’s Country

In the ending of 19th century Brazil was boiling. The end of slavery, the arrival of immigrants and urbanization moved the country. In this...

See more
Im Reich Des Squatters

Im Reich Des Squatters

Reparation

Reparation

In 1968, Orlando Lovecchio was made victim of a guerilla's bomb terrorist attack, which main objective was to fight against the Military Regime...

See more
Good Copy Bad Copy

Good Copy Bad Copy

Good Copy Bad Copy is a documentary about copyright and culture in the context of Internet, peer-to-peer file sharing and other technological...

See more
O Rap Pelo Rap

O Rap Pelo Rap

To do this documentary, the director Pedro Henrique Fávero featured 42 characters - among MCs, DJs and producers - to make a detailed map of its...

See more
Hércules 56

Hércules 56

Documentary featuring contemporary interviews with 5 of the revolutionary activists who kidnapped US ambassador Charles Embrick in August 1969 in...

See more
A Farra do Circo

A Farra do Circo

This documentary highlights the evolution of Brazil's Circo Voador venue from homespun artists' performance space to national cultural institution.

See more
No Impact Man

No Impact Man

Follow the Manhattan-based Beavan family as they abandon their high consumption 5th Avenue lifestyle and try to live a year while making no net...

See more