If you loved Twenty Years Later, try The Salt of the Earth

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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Twenty Years Later

1984 · dir. Eduardo Coutinho

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The Salt of the Earth

2014 · dir. Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado

What they share

Theyboth carry the foreign gem, slow burn mood tags, and they sit in Documentary territory. If that's the register that drew you to Twenty Years Later, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What The Salt of the Earth is

Ansel Adams if he shot people. Sebastião Salgado's life as a social-issue photographer is recounted by his son and Wim Wenders. The film surveys his stark black-and-white photos of human suffering, then pivots to his environmental work. A portrait of an artist's late-career change of heart.

If you loved Twenty Years Later, try The Salt of the Earth

Twenty Years Later

The Salt of the Earth

What they share

What The Salt of the Earth is

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