Storyline
The Sámi people (also spelled Sami or Saami) are an indigenous Finno-Ugric people inhabiting Sápmi, which today encompasses large northern parts of Norway and Sweden, northern parts of Finland, and the Kola Peninsula within the Murmansk Oblast of Russia. A single daily newspaper is published in Northern Sámi, Ávvir. There are short daily news bulletins in Northern Sámi on national TV in Norway, Sweden and Finland. There is a Sámi theatre, Beaivvas, in Kautokeino on the Norwegian side, as well as in Kiruna on the Swedish side. The largest Sami Publishing house is Davvi Girji. In this program "Topic: Sámi" filmmaker Nils Gaup presents his latest production, "The Kautokeino Rebellion" (2008), author Ann-Helen Laestadius talks about to seek ones roots, and Isabel Pavval share how it is being a young Sámi and youth culture.
Cast & Crew
Nils Gaup
Filmmaker
Lead
Ann-Helen Laestadius
Author
Isabel Pavval
Sámi craftsman/designer
Mikkâl Morottaja
Amoc - rapper
AP
Anna Pååve
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MK
Marit Kuhmunen
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AA
Aslak Allas
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ML
Marja Labba
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What People Are Saying
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“Every frame feels alive. Tema: Samer is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
