Plot
Jennifer Baichwal's cameras follow Edward Burtynsky (1955- ) as he visits what he calls manufactured landscapes: slag heaps, e-waste dumps, huge factories in the Fujian and Zhejiang provinces of China, and a place in Bangladesh where ships are taken apart for recycling. In China, workers gather outside the factory, exhorted by their team leader to produce more and make fewer errors. A woman assembles a circuit breaker, and women and children are seen picking through debris or playing in it. Burtynsky concludes with a visit to Shanghai, the world's fastest growing city, where wealth and poverty, high-rises and old neighborhoods are side by side.
Written by
Lucas Lackner
Directed by
Jennifer Baichwal
Cast
Crew
Production Countries
Canada
Production Companies
Foundry Films, ONF | NFB, Mercury Films, Inc., Mercury Films
Languages
English
Awards
4 wins & 7 nominations