Sami Blood

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Drama

Overview

Elle Marja, 14, is a reindeer-breeding Sami girl. Exposed to the racism of the 1930s and phrenological examinations at her boarding school, she starts dreaming of another life. To achieve this other life she has to become someone else and break all ties with her family and culture.

Keywords

boarding school
racism
woman director
coming of age
identity
indigenous peoples
lapland
phrenology
sami life
ethnic minority
south sámi language
saepmie

Details

Status: Released
Release date: March 3, 2017
Original language: Swedish
Spoken languages: Northern Sami, Swedish
Countries: Denmark, Norway, Sweden
Production: SVT,Nordisk Film Denmark,Nordisk Film Sweden,Bautafilm,Digipilot
Cast: Lene Cecilia Sparrok,Mia Sparrok,Maj-Doris Rimpi,Julius Fleischanderl,Olle Sarri,Hanna Alström,Malin Crépin,Andreas Kundler,Ylva Gustafsson,Hanna Aspand 6 more
Director: Amanda Kernell
Writer: Amanda Kernell
Producer: Lars G. Lindström,Henrik Zein
Cinematography: Petrus Sjövik,Sophia Olsson
Music: Kristian Eidnes Andersen
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt5287168