The good folks over at DOCspace are giving one lucky winner 2 tickets to see Waste Land this Thursday (July 28) evening at the Open Roof Festival.

Waste Land is an award-winning documentary by director Lucy Walker – An uplifting feature documentary highlighting the transformative power of art and the beauty of the human spirit. Top-selling contemporary artist Vik Muniz takes us on an emotional journey from Jardim Gramacho, the world’s largest landfill on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, to the heights of international art stardom. Vik collaborates with the brilliant catadores, pickers of recyclable materials, true Shakespearean characters who live and work in the garbage quoting Machiavelli and showing us how to recycle ourselves.

To enter, simply email feedback@docspace.ca with the subject header  Contest by noon on Tuesday, July 23.  The lucky winners will be contacted via email.

And, if you don’t happen to win, you can still check out some of the fab events DOCspace has coming up:

• Open Roof Festival screens Waste Land on Thursday, July 28 at Toronto’s Amsterdam Brewery [more info]

• Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune screens from July 29 – August 3 at  Vancouver’s Pacific Cinematheque [more info]

• On Saturday July 30, SAW Video presents My Precious Novella in Ottawa [more info]