The Earth Is Blue as an Orange (2020)

  • NR
  • 01/23/2020 (US)
  • Documentary
  • 1h 14m

How much power can art have in wartime?

Overview

Single mother Anna and her four children live in the front-line war zone of Donbas, Ukraine. While the outside world is made up of bombings and chaos, the family is managing to keep their home a safe haven, full of life and full of light. Every member of the family has a passion for cinema, motivating them to shoot a film inspired by their own life during a time of war. The creative process raises the question of what kind of power the magical world of cinema could have during times of disaster. How to picture war through fiction? For Anna and the children, transforming trauma into a work of art is the ultimate way to stay human.

Iryna Tsilyk

Director, Screenplay

Cast

Hanna Hladka's headshot

Hanna Hladka

Herself
Stanislav Hladkyi's headshot

Stanislav Hladkyi

Himself
Anastasiia Trofymchuk's headshot

Anastasiia Trofymchuk

Herself
Myroslava Trofymchuk's headshot

Myroslava Trofymchuk

Herself
Vladyslav Trofymchuk's headshot

Vladyslav Trofymchuk

Himself

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