Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library

Sami blood, Sameblod

Label
Sami blood, Sameblod
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Sami blood
Oclc number
1035141232
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Originally produced by Synergetic Distribution in 2016
Runtime
108
Sub title
Sameblod
Summary
This acclaimed film follows 14-year-old Sami girl Elle Marja ("Powerful newcomer Lene Cecilia Sparrok." - New York Times), who, along with her sister, is torn from her indigenous reindeer-herding family and placed in a government-run boarding school in 1930s Sweden. There Elle dreams of education and a future, but these dreams are hindered when she is met with racial expectations that class her people as inferior. What follows is a girl's attempt to escape one world of prejudice and another of old traditions, only to realize the true cost of freedom
Technique
live action
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Sami blood
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