Moreover, there is a process through which many of these alternative accounts become written off as fiction or 'bad history' -- relegating and marginalizing relevant contributions of Partition experience and remembrance" (Barenscott 7).
Mehta has said that her films are about the difference between conscience and faith. She insists that people have to listen to themselves and be honest with themselves and not accept intolerant ideologies that are at odds with a moral conscience and the realities of life. "Earth" is a perfect example of what she is saying. She had a story to tell that was important to her culture and her heritage and she felt that she needed to get it out -- not only because it was an event that had long been neglected, but just as Spielberg wanted to tell another story about the Holocaust despite the fact that there have been several films over the years on the subject. Mehta was able to make a film about an event that hadn't been covered in films and she was revolutionary in the sense that she told it in the bloodied and violent manner just like what occurred in real life.
Mamet said that the truth is something that we do not know until we encounter it and Mehta is making her art true in the film "Earth." The idea that the truth isn't important -- it is the recognition -- is an interesting concept and one that the major critics of "Earth" should take to heart. Whether or not Mehta's vision was badly done or melodramatic, it doesn't...
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