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Meeting Sebastião Salgado
Meeting Sebastião Salgado

Meeting Sebastião Salgado

Genres

Documentary

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Part activist and part globe trekking photographer, Sebastião Salgado is most famous for recording the migration of people and culture around the world. In this extensive conversation, Sebastiao Salgado revisits his adventurous career via the breathtaking images he captured.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Portuguese

Runtime

75 mins

Rating

6.2/10

Release Date

01 January 2013

Country

Brazil

Cast

Sebastião Salgado

Sebastião Salgado

Himself

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