Movies: Sami people
- 2024
Stolen (2024)
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A young woman struggles to defend her Sámi heritage in a world where xenophobia is on the rise, climate change is threatening reindeer herding, and young people choose suicide in the face of collective desperation....
- 1957
Nine Lives (1957)
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The movie takes place during World War II and depicts the true story of Jan Baalsruds amazing escape from the German army from the coast of Northern Norway and across the border to the neutral country Sweden....
- 2023
Let the River Flow (2023)
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During summer 1979, Ester moves to Alta in Northern Norway to begin teaching at an elementary school. Like many Sámi at the time, she is ashamed of her heritage and conceals her ethnicity. Ester goes to great lengths to fit in, even joining in with t...
- 2008
The Kautokeino Rebellion (2008)
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Religious and cultural reawakening inspires rebellion in a 19th century Norwegian village....
- 2023
Rap and Reindeer (2023)
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The documentary Rap and Reindeer follows the life of 18-year-old Sámi rapper Mihkku Laiti, who lives in the northernmost corner of Sámiland. The film is a coming-of-age story, following Mihku on his journey towards a career as a musician and rise to ...
- 1981
The Princess Lindagull (1981)
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The Persian ruler Shah Nadir has only one daughter. Princess Lindagull is kind-hearted, but feels trapped in her palace life. The vengeful King Bom-Bali sends a Lappish witch disguised as a tiger to kidnap the beloved Princess....
- 1994
Märak och Pirak (1994)
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Documentary about the priest and joiker Johan Märak and the artist Lars Pirak, and their friendship....
- 1988
Bortom hagan (1988)
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Documentary about Lars Theodor Jonsson who was a cross country skier in the 1920s and 30s and now lives alone in the forest....
- 2023
Rahčan – Ella’s Riot (2023)
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Love, music, Sami identity and environmental activism go hand in hand in this inspiring tale of young singer Ella and her fight against the mining company that threatens her Sami heritage....
- 2023
Je'vida (2023)
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Iida, an elderly Sámi woman, who has abandoned her roots under the pressure of forced Finnishization, is conflicted between selling her old homestead and hiding her cultural heritage from her niece, as the rural way of life she has suppressed begins ...
- 2022
Sire and the last summer (2022)
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The year was 1916, we follow Sire’s everyday life, until her final moments. We are a part of her little world and get to see how big that little world can be. How rich it’s in emotions, sounds and memories. Sire reminds us of life, not death. She was...
- 2007
A Shout into the Wind (2007)
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The fate of a culture lies on the shoulders of few determined individuals....
- 2023
The Homecoming (2023)
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Sámi artefacts from the Finnish National Museum are returning home to Sápmi, while the holy drums of the Sámi people are still imprisoned in the basements of museums across Europe. The returning objects symbolise the dignity, identity, history, conne...
- 2024
Sami glasses (2024)
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A man finds some glasses on the ground. When he puts them on he is transported into a Sámi world....
- 2011
The turning point - the environmental stuggle that became indigenous affairs (2011)
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Personal accounts from the Alta actions in the years 1979 to 1981. Large police forces were deployed against the demonstrators. The dispute over the Alta river began as an environmental issue, but became a major turning point for the Sámi people's st...
- 1927
Arnljot (1927)
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The year is 1025 and Arnljot Sunvisson has returned home after a long journey to find that his betrothed has married another....
- 1987
The Threat (1987)
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On Saturday, April 26, spring came to Sweden. That same day, Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded. Bringing mild winds to Scandinavia. Sweden suffered heavily of radioactive poison....
- 2022
Into the Land of Ice and Fire (2022)
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Two parallel stories are gradually unfolding the everyday life of two very different persons - that of 86-year-old Sara and 7-year-old Mihka - both residing in Guovdageaidnu - Kautokeino, in the middle of the Norwegian arctic tundra, through the dras...
- 2021
Eatnameamet – Our Silent Struggle (2021)
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The AssimiNation is a political pamphlet portraying the indigenous Sámi people fighting for their existence. The film follows the on going cultural genocide of the Sámi which the current Governmental politics allow. This film is a cry for help for th...
- 2023
Silenced Roots (2023)
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