Treasures from the Trash
1989, French. Directed by Samba Félix Ndiaye.
In Africa, small jobs survive as resistance to the invasion of consumer goods. In compiling five shorts directed by the Senegalese documentary filmmaker, the film details the stages of making handicrafts from garbage dumped at landfills.
- Runtime
- 1h 4m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
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- Released
- 2 January 1989
- Original title
- Le Trésor des poubelles
- Country
- France, Senegal
- Written by
- Samba Félix Ndiaye
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Treasures from the Trash runs 64 minutes (1h 4m).
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Treasures from the Trash isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 2 January 1989. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
What movies are like Treasures from the Trash?
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Who directed Treasures from the Trash?
Treasures from the Trash (1989) was directed by Samba Félix Ndiaye.