SAMEBLOD / SAMI BLOOD
Saturday, July 27, 4PM
HARKINS THEATRE FLAGSTAFF 16
ARIZONA PREMIERE
SAMEBLOD / SAMI BLOOD
Drama, Norway/Denmark/Sweden, 2017, 1hr 50min
Producer: Lars G. Lindström
Director: Amanda Kernell (Swedish-Sami)
Writer: Amanda Kernell
Cinematographer: Sophia Olsson
Editor: Anders Skov
Starring: Lene Cecilia Sparrok (Norwegian-Southern Sami), Maj Doris Rimpi (Swedish-Sami) Hanna Alström, Anders Berg
In Swedish and Sami with English subtitles
POST-SCREENING DISCUSSION WITH OCTAVIANA TRUJILLO (Yaqui), Ph.D., former tribal leader and founding chair and professor of the department of Applied Indigenous Studies at NAU
Venice Film Festival • Winner, Best Director of a Debut Film (Amanda Kernell)
Toronto International Film Festival • Nominated, Discovery Award, Best Film
Tokyo International Film Festival • Winner, Best Actress (Lene Cecilia Sparrok); Winner, Special Jury Prize (Amanda Kernell)
In this outstanding debut feature set in the 1930s, young Elle Marja is forced to leave her reindeer-breeding Sami family to attend boarding school far away from home, a typical practice at that time. In the midst of adolescence, she is as strong-minded as she is rebellious and she knows how to hide her feelings all too well, even from herself. She strives for the approval of her teachers by outshining her classmates in adapting to Swedish culture, which she has been taught is far superior to her own. Yearning to fit into a society that is not truly open to welcoming her people, she suffers discrimination and psychological cruelty. Still, she would rather completely forsake her roots if it helps her to fit in. An insightful commentary on the abuse imposed upon the Sami by official institutions.
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