A community surrounds the Santiago garbage dump in Dominican Republic that is named "Cienfuegos," or, 100 fires. Thousands of people from this community survive solely on the trash Santiago city produces. Called "buzos," or divers, they pick through garbage for anything recyclable to sell: from metal, plastic, cardboard, paper, and glass to dolls, shoes, clothes, and food. Options for the buzos are limited: about only three in ten can read and write at a basic level. An eyesore for the city, it has also been a major source of air pollution, and locally an ecological disaster for soil and water contamination. Everyone blames the government for doing nothing. The governor of Santiago province blames the city. The city blames the media. The media blames anyone with authority. And no one knows quite what to do.

Documentary film by Isabelle Carbonell.