“A powerful and disturbing reminder of how a civilization can suddenly crack under certain pressures.” - Stephen Holden, New York Times
“This is the kind of film that makes you question any religion that does not have as a basic tenet the tolerance of other religions.” - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Tuesday, January 28, 6:00 p.m. | Set in Lahore, Pakistan, during the 1947 partition of India, EARTH is a portrait of a family and their nanny torn apart by the religious divide following British colonial rule. EARTH is the second installment of Mehta’s Elements trilogy, preceded by FIRE (1996) and WATER (2005).
Awards & Nominations
Nominee - Best Film, Asia-Pacific Film Festival
Shadows of War Lecture Series: This series will examine the impact of war on the human psyche and feature films that tell stories of divided families, friends and lovers, human resilience and solidarity when confronting oppression, resistance to occupation, and ultimately unity in the face of tragedy. Presented in collaboration with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Art History, Theory, and Criticism department. Lecturer: Nora Annesley Taylor, Alsdorf Professor of South and Southeast Asian Art. Synopses by Annesley Taylor. Read more
The Film Center is ADA accessible. This presentation will be projected without open captions. The theater is hearing-loop equipped. For accessibility requests, please email filmcenter@saic.edu