Earth with New Music Score Live

Alexander Dovzhenko’s Earth is an impassioned homage to rural life in Ukraine and a visually breathtaking masterpiece of the silent era.

A visually stunning masterpiece of the silent era, Alexander Dovzhenko’s Earth is a stirring paean to nature and rural life in Ukraine. Opening with lyrical shots of grain fields under a vast sky, the film transcends its origins as a propaganda piece on agricultural collectivization and evolves into a poetic meditation on nature’s cycle of life and death. This special screening is accompanied by live music from Ukrainian musicians Misha Kalinin (guitar) and Roksana Smirnova (piano), who have created a new jazz-based score, blending impressionistic soundscapes with improvisations that enhance Dovzhenko’s sweeping landscapes and iconic close-ups.

This event is organised with the financial support of the UK/UA Creative Partnerships programme designed by the British Council and the Ukrainian Institute. 

"The astonishingly beautiful Earth is unlike anything else in movies." - J. Hoberman, Village Voice