It really shocked me at the beginning. The humans in the Brazilian gold mines are like maggots in the rotting meat hole, but they are obviously one by one, people with hands, feet and eyes like you and me. Their thirst for money makes them impersonal.
The documentary uses photos, videos and narration by Sebastian Salgado. He chose to strip away all the colors in the photos, leaving only pure black and white and emotions, and emotions flowed peacefully between black and white. Those are just moments where you can feel the inclusion, the peace, the disappointment, the frustration and the despair. The video clip in color is like a footnote to the black and white photo, and yes, the black and white photo is the protagonist. Sebastian Salgado's own narration is a tender poem, slowly speaking of those details, those impossible to forget pasts.
Sebastian Salgado saw Dante's hell in the tusks of the walrus, and I got a glimpse of life's pain and bliss in Sebastian Salgado's pictures and stories. Looking at the suffering in life, he was at a loss and fell into hell. Fortunately, he returned to his hometown and, together with his wife, set about restoring the forest. As a member of human beings, he has allowed the ecology to slowly recover. Perhaps this is the magic of nature, which gives mankind the ability to destroy and restore mankind. He looked at lizards and old turtles, and he was touched by sea lions. He looked at elephants and old cows, he talked to gorillas and stroked whales. His mood slowly recovered, and he was no longer worried about whether he had fallen into hell, and he would not be trapped in hell.
Sebastian Salgado's life-photography journey sent himself into hell at one point, but later saved himself. Watching this film is also a journey to purify the soul. Everything in my heart is gently wrapped, warm like the winter sunshine.
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