Manufactured Landscapes

Manufactured Landscapes (2006)

Unrated 13 Jun 2007 • Documentary • 1h 26m
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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.

Lucas Lackner
Writer
Edward Burtynsky
Starring

Language: English, Cantonese, Mandarin
Awards: 4 wins & 7 nominations
Country: Canada
Metacritic Score: 79
DVD Release Date:
Box Office Total: $240,239

7.2

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84%
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