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Earth
- Title
- Earth [motion picture].
- Publication
- Canada : Zeitgeist Films/Cracking the Earth Films, 1998.
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | C.1 REEL 3 OF 3 | Moving image | By appointment only | M16 4843 C.1 REEL 3 OF 3 C.1 REEL 3 OF 3 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | C.1 REEL 2 OF 3 | Moving image | By appointment only | M16 4843 C.1 REEL 2 OF 3 C.1 REEL 2 OF 3 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | C.1 REEL 1 OF 3 | Moving image | By appointment only | M16 4843 C.1 REEL 1 OF 3 C.1 REEL 1 OF 3 | Offsite |
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- Description
- 3 film reels (106 min.) : sd., col.; 16 mm.
- Summary
- The second part of Meetha's Fire/Earth/Water trilogy examines the partition of India as a means of focusing on both literal and figurative connections to land. Based on an autobiography, the film mixes romance and social drama. The story is told from the perspective of eight year old Lenny, a girl from an affluent Parsee family. The Parsee community, descended from Muslims who fled Persia in the ninth century, became closely aligned with the British colonialists in India. During the partition they avoided persecution by adopting a neutral stance. The setting is Lahore in 1947, a city in which Hindu, Muslim, Sikh and Parsee communities coexist in harmony. However independence from Britain is looming, with the proposal for a separate Muslim country, Pakistan rapidly becoming a reality. Initially, the prospect of violent change appears far removed from the group of young adults who gravitate around Lenny's Hindu nanny, Shanta. But almost overnight the mood changes and friends find themselves on opposing sides.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Feature films.
- Note
- Based on the novel Cracking India [Ice-candy-man] by Bapsi Sidhwa.
- Print is masked to retain original widescreen format.
- Credits (note)
- Director, Deepa Mehta ; producers, Anne Masson, Dilip Mehta ; photography, Giles Nuttgens; music, A. R. Rahman.
- Performer (note)
- Aamir Khan, Nandita Das, Rahul Khanna, Maia Sethna, Kulbushan Kharbanda.
- Language (note)
- Hindi dialogue with English subtitles.
- OCLC
- 223204503
- Title
- Earth [motion picture].
- Imprint
- Canada : Zeitgeist Films/Cracking the Earth Films, 1998.
- Credits
- Director, Deepa Mehta ; producers, Anne Masson, Dilip Mehta ; photography, Giles Nuttgens; music, A. R. Rahman.
- Cast
- Aamir Khan, Nandita Das, Rahul Khanna, Maia Sethna, Kulbushan Kharbanda.
- Language
- Hindi dialogue with English subtitles.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Mehta, Deepa.Das, Nandita, 1969-Khan, Aamir, 1965-Khanna, Rahul, 1972-Sidhwa, Bapsi. Ice-candy-man.Zeitgeist Films.Cracking the Earth Film (Firm)
- Branch Call Number
- M16 4843