The Salt of the Earth vs Yalla Habibi!

Yalla Habibi! has the higher audience score (10/10 against 8.1/10 for The Salt of the Earth). Yalla Habibi! is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 50m. The Salt of the Earth is the older of the two (2014 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.

The Salt of the Earth posterThe Salt of the Earth2014 VS Yalla Habibi! posterYalla Habibi!2025
The Salt of the EarthYalla Habibi!
Audience score★ 8.1/10★ 10.0/10
Year20142025
Length1h 50m1h 30m
GenresDocumentaryDocumentary
Country–Canada
DirectorJuliano Ribeiro Salgado, Wim WendersEdwin El Bainou, Ryan Kluftinger
Main castSebastião Salgado, Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Hugo Barbier, Lélia Wanick SalgadoRyan Kluftinger, Connor Bondlow, Edwin El Bainou

Synopsis

The Salt of the Earth

During the last forty years, the photographer Sebastião Salgado has been travelling through the continents, in the footsteps of an ever-changing humanity. He has witnessed the major events of our recent history: international conflicts, starvations and exodus… He is now embarking on the discovery of pristine territories, of the wild fauna and flora, of grandiose landscapes: a huge photographic project which is a tribute to the planet's beauty…

Yalla Habibi!

FortNine attempts to break the circumnavigation world record with award-winning filmmaker Edwin El Bainou riding pillion. It's a dangerously silly race across thousands of kilometres per day, with the polished and authentic eye that only a ride-along cinematographer can capture. Part documentary and part dark comedy, this is motorcycling as FortNine has never shown before. In less than 19 days, the trio must ride from Anchorage to Miami, Lisbon…

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