Walk-in Cinema
Zemlya [Earth] (1930)
Director: Aleksandr Dovzhenko
Silent film, 76 minutes
The last addition to
Ukraine Trilogy, this film is not only considered as Aleksandr Dovzhenko's masterpiece, but also remains one of the most important and influential examples of the Soviet cinema. Set in a small village in Ukraine,
Zemlya [Earth] depicts an ongoing struggle between a group of farmers trying to purchase a tractor and the well-off landowners. Examining the era's politics surrounding the collectivization of land ownership, the film is a direct response to another great Soviet filmmaker, Sergei Eisenstein and his 1929 film
Staroye i novoye [Old and New].
The screening will be accompanied with a live music performance by
Ekin Fil.
Organized in collaboration between SALT and
Fol, the program
Sounds of Cinema is free and open to all. The film is shown as the original data provided by the distributor.