Summaries

Documentary on what it is like to be the Sámi in Sweden, speak a minority language and be a part of an culture that's going extinct.

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.—Ulf Kjell Gür

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Genres
  • Documentary
  • Talk-Show
Release date Oct 12, 2008
Countries of origin Sweden
Language Swedish Saami
Production companies Tacoma Media AB

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Runtime 2h
Color Color
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