The Earth Has Ears

When men take up arms to go against their brothers, women have to take up gravediggers’ shovels. Ceebla (Fardouza Moussa Egueh, who we also saw in Gravedigger’s Wife), refuses to bargain for the cost of her labour. When her grave finally finds a taker, the revenue logic takes an unexpected twist. The Earth Has Ears is a civil war film without gunfire. It shows how the absurdity of war also turns everyday life at the home front irrational. / MSFF

• civil war
• africa
• somalia
• struggle for survival
• somali
• humanity
• african community
• east africa
• african cinema
• women of color
• war absurdity
• women
• african native
• african diaspora
• failed state