Gefilmd over een periode van drie jaar volgt Waste Land de Braziliaanse kunstenaar Vik Muniz die vanuit zijn woonplaats Brooklyn terugkeert naar Brazilië, naar 's werelds grootste afvalstortplaats, de Jardim Gramacho aan de rand van Rio. Daar leven de 'catadores', groepen armoedige verzamelaars van recyclebare materialen, met wie Muniz een verbondenheid krijgt.
Nee, helaas is Waste Land nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Lucy Walker | Director |
| Production | Hank Levine | Producer |
| Camera | Dudu Miranda | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Samy Waitzberg | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | José Moreau Louzeiro | Sound mixer |
| Writing | Lucy Walker | Screenplay |
| Sound | Moby | Music |
| Editing | Fabian Remy | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Andrea Barata Ribeiro | Executive Producer |
| Crew | Tiago Arakilian | Post Production Supervisor |
| Production | Peter Martin | Co-Producer |
| Production | Fernando Meirelles | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Pedro Kos | Editor |
| Sound | Samuel Lehmer | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | Angus Aynsley | Producer |
| Camera | Heloísa Passos | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Aaron Phillips | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Ernesto Herrmann | Director of Photography |
| Production | Mahyad Tousi | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | João Jardim | Co-Director |
| Directing | Karen Harley | Co-Director |
