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 | Fernando Meirelles | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Samuel Lehmer | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Camera | Dudu Miranda | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Samy Waitzberg | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Moby | Music |
| Production | Hank Levine | Producer |
| Production | Peter Martin | Co-Producer |
| Editing | Pedro Kos | Editor |
| Crew | Tiago Arakilian | Post Production Supervisor |
| Writing | Lucy Walker | Screenplay |
| Production | Angus Aynsley | Producer |
| Editing | Fabian Remy | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | José Moreau Louzeiro | Sound mixer |
| Production | Andrea Barata Ribeiro | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Heloísa Passos | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Ernesto Herrmann | Director of Photography |
| Production | Mahyad Tousi | Unit Production Manager |
| Camera | Aaron Phillips | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Karen Harley | Co-Director |
| Directing | João Jardim | Co-Director |
