Underplayed Gems

The Earth Is Blue as an Orange (2020)

The Earth Is Blue as an Orange poster
Original title
Земля блакитна, ніби апельсин
Directed by
Iryna Tsilyk
Genre
documentary film
Country
Ukraine, Lithuania
Runtime
1h 14m
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 19 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A single mother and her four children live near the front lines of war in eastern Ukraine. They cope with the chaos outside by making films and living creatively at home.

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What happens

The Earth Is Blue as an Orange (Ukrainian: «Земля блакитна, ніби апельсин», romanized: Zemlia blakutna, niby apel'syn) is a 2020 documentary film, directed and written by Iryna Tsilyk, who won the Directing Award in the "World Cinema Documentary” category for the film at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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