En ung kvinnas kamp mot att försvara sitt ursprung i en värld där främlingsfientlighet är på frammarsch, klimatförändringar hotar renskötseln och unga väljer att begå självmord som konsekvens av en kollektiv desperation.
1978 beslutade Stortinget att bygga en damm i Alta-Kautokeinovassdraget, mitt i hjärtat av Sápmi. En lokal naturvårdsåtgärd för att bevara ån utvecklades till en uppgörelse mot den norska statens behandling av samerna. Mitt i det historiska dramat står Ester som under hela sitt liv förnekat sin samiska identitet.
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.
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 struggle for equal rights in Norway.
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.
När den unga samekvinnan Elen, med stöd av en grupp samer vägrar att betala en orättfärdig skuld till Ruth, ser han till att arrestera större delen av de som står på hennes sida. Elen blir ensam kvar att sköta renhjordarna, men hon lyckas till slut få rättslig hjälp att befria de arresterade männen. Ruth beslagtar renarna för att täcka rättstvistens kostnader. Utan inkomster från sina renar, står samerna utan sin enda källa till inkomst. De ser inget annat val än att konfrontera Ruth.
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 to creep back in.
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 stardom in the midst of varying expectations. He’s charmed the crowd on Talent Suomi and proudly wears the Sámi clothing he has styled himself. He raps and yoiks in harmony, designs his own brand on his computer but also masters the skill of laborious reindeer herding. Above all, he sees his own unique roots and the Sámi language as his greatest strength. The future makes him wonder: to follow his father’s footsteps or to reach for his dreams.
Dokumentär om vännerna Johan Märak och Lars Pirak
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, connection to ancestors and a whole world view that was taken from the Sámi people. Director Suvi West takes the viewer behind the scenes of the museum world to reflect on the spirit of the objects, the inequality of cultures and the colonialist burden of museums.
Tigern Ahriman har försvunnit med Prinsessan Lindagull i sitt gap. Den gamle Shah Nadir blev mycket ledsen, ja hela Persien blev ledsna. Kungens garde, de femtiotusen ryttarna med guldbetslen, ilade genast iväg för att söka prinsessan.
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 drastic change of the arctic seasons and the passage from the long winter’s darkness to the never-ending light of the summer season.
Någonstans i fjällvärlden, 1916, följer vi Sire Marainen under hennes sista tid i kåtan. Vi är med och får se hur stor den lilla världen kan vara. Hur rik den är på känslor, ljud, lukter och minnen. Sire påminner oss om livet, inte om döden. Sire var min morfars mamma, min Máttaráhkku och morfar var 10 år.
A Sámi woman fights for her right to claim a tax deduction against the purchase of a dog. Why the Swedish authorities fail to recognize the dog's use as a reindeer herding tool versus a pet opens up a larger discussion about Indigenous rights and economic discrimination in this humorous takedown of the Swedish government's ignorance of Sámi culture.
Dokumentär om den svenske skidåkaren Lars Theodor Jonsson.
A woman returns home to her father and childhood home, after being gone for over 20 years. Her purpose for the visit is to deliver the message that her fathers former wife has passed away.
Ingenjör Dahlin har varit intagen på klinik på grund av sin alkoholism. Professor Ahlström skriver med viss tvekan ut honom. Dahlin dricker grogg på restaurant med sin kompis Stor-Jerker. Denne varnar den allt häftigare groggande Dahlin för att han kan bli tvångsinternerad.
A man finds some glasses on the ground. When he puts them on he is transported into a Sámi world.
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 the last indigenous people living in the EU.
Loving someone of the same gender is frowned upon in Sami communities. Sparrooabbán (Me and my little sister) shows what it’s like to be a minority within a minority. Suvi describes how her little sister Kaisa wishes to be accepted as she is. Like her sister, Kaisa is a Sami, but also in a relationship with a woman, and she also works as a deacon. There are obviously more constricting communities in the film than only one.