Sami Blood

Story

Sweden inthe 1930s. With her parents and her little sister, 14-year old Sámi girl Elle Marjalives from rearing reindeer. In the course of a state-run “cultivationprogramme” designed to teach the most Northerly ethnic minorities theSwedish language and culture, Elle Marja is put in a boarding school a long wayfrom home. Here, the girl is schooled and fostered – and has to undergorace-based examinations. She begins to increasingly deny her Sámi identity, herorigins become an embarrassment to her. Against a visually breath-takingbackdrop and fantastic sound design, the drama illuminates a hitherto little-knownchapter of Swedish history.

Director

Amanda Kernell (*1986) has Sámi roots herself and studied screenplay writing in Bålsta, near Uppsala. After a series of prize-winning shorts, Sámi Blood is her debut feature.

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