How the Earth Must See Itself

Short Film | 2019

Five figures leaning backwards on a mountain

Overview

| Short Film
| 2019

Director Lucy Cash
Choreographer and Lead Artist Simone Kenyon

This short film is an evocative and atmospheric homage to Scotland's Cairngorm Mountains, it’s based on Aberdeen writer Nan Shepherd's The Living Mountain, and artist Simone Kenyon's Into The Mountain project.

Produced by the National Theatre of Scotland and Scottish Sculpture Workshop.

Explore

  • Five figures leaning backwards on a mountain
  • Two people filming with hills and trees in the background
  • A person reclined amongst small wild plants
  • Three pairs of bare feet against the moss covered ground
  • Five people leaning back in the hills
  • Two women in outdoor clothes standing in the hills

Videos

  • How The Earth Must See Itself | Trailer
  • How The Earth Must See Itself | Behind the Scenes