The Salt of the Earth is a 2014 French-Brazilian documentary film directed by Wim Wenders and Juliano Ribeiro Salgado. It was selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Special Prize. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary at the 87th Academy Awards. It won the 2015 audience award at the Tromsø International Film Festival.The film portrays the works of the Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado.