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Sami Blood

Sami Blood

Sep 12, 2016 1h 50m
7.4
132 votes

Synopsis

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.

Title Sami Blood
Companies Bautafilm, Digipilot, SVT, Nordisk Film Sweden, Nordisk Film Denmark
Countries Denmark, Norway, Sweden
Keywords boarding school, identity, lapland, coming of age, racism, phrenology, woman director, indigenous peoples, sami life, ethnic minority, south sámi language, saepmie