What is Fire / Earth about?

Double Feature: FIRE, 1996, Hamilton Mehta Productions, 104 min. When originally released in India, director Deepa Mehta’s FIRE ignited a blaze of controversy. A portrayal of love between women within a patriarchal society, the film is a sensitive look at two people stuck in empty marriages and looking for freedom. In Hindi with English subtitles. 15th Anniversary! EARTH, 1998, Hamilton Mehta Productions, 110 min. Dir. Deepa Mehta. The second film in a trilogy based on the elements, EARTH is an achievement of epic scope. Set in 1947, as India heaves violently forward toward independence, the film examines the life of a young girl with polio who has grown up in a wealthy, nonpartisan family, and who must contend with the deep divisions that are scarring her country. In Hindi, Gujarati, Panjabi, and Urdu with English subtitles.

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What is Fire / Earth about?: Double Feature: FIRE, 1996, Hamilton Mehta Productions, 104 min. When originally released in India, director Deepa Mehta’s FIRE ignited a blaze of controversy. A portrayal of love between women within a patriarchal society, the film is a sensitive look at two people stuck in empty marriages and looking for freedom. In Hindi with English subtitles.

15th Anniversary! EARTH, 1998, Hamilton Mehta Productions, 110 min. Dir. Deepa Mehta. The second film in a trilogy based on the elements, EARTH is an achievement of epic scope. Set in 1947, as India heaves violently forward toward independence, the film examines the life of a young girl with polio who has grown up in a wealthy, nonpartisan family, and who must contend with the deep divisions that are scarring her country.

In Hindi, Gujarati, Panjabi, and Urdu with English subtitles.