
For the last 40 years, the photographer Sebastião Salgado has been travelling through the continents, in the footsteps of an ever-changing humanity. He has witnessed some of the major events of our recent history; international conflicts, starvation and exodus. He is now embarking on the discovery of pristine territories, of wild fauna and flora, and of grandiose landscapes as part of a huge photographic project which is a tribute to the planet's beauty.... (Full plot summary below)
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For the last 40 years, the photographer Sebastião Salgado has been travelling through the continents, in the footsteps of an ever-changing humanity. He has witnessed some of the major events of our recent history; international conflicts, starvation and exodus. He is now embarking on the discovery of pristine territories, of wild fauna and flora, and of grandiose landscapes as part of a huge photographic project which is a tribute to the planet's beauty.
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| NonficsDan SchindelThe personal and the universal are combined in one, the very best that documentary can accomplish. |
| Empire MagazineDavid HughesSome of his Salgado's depictions of human suffering are not for the faint-hearted but, like this fine film, demand to be seen. Unmissable. |
| MLive.comJohn SerbaA reminder that human nature is inextricably entwined with nature itself, and is therefore as capable of creation as it is destruction. |
| Philadelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniThe Salt of the Earth, has the power to draw you into its world, transfix, and perhaps eventually transform you. |
| Tolucan TimesTony Medley... a picture of the brutal life of survival in the worlds far beyond our shores...disasters, international conflicts, starvation, and exodus, even showing the Zo'é tribe hunting in the uncharted rainforest...a mesmerizing film not to be missed. |
| New York PostSara StewartMany of the images — and Salgado’s accounts of taking them — are as soul-shattering as they are breathtaking. |
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranThe Salt of the Earth deals with two kinds of journeys the photographer made. The outward one may have literally taken him to the furthest corners of the Earth and resulted in the stunning images the film features, but it is the inward journey that paralleled it that completely holds our attention. |
| Columbus AliveBrad KeefeThe ubiquitous "Ken Burns effect" of panning and zooming across still images is mercifully absent here. The result feels more like an exhibit. |
| ScreenAnarchyJason GorberAs a celebration of the photographic art of one remarkable contributor, The Salt of the Earth is unparallelled. |
| Arkansas Democrat-GazettePhilip Martin..., professionally realized and appreciative, a humanist gloss on a major talent. It's a good film, not a great one, that might have benefited from a little more distance from its admittedly charming subject. |