Released:
2008-10-13

Overview:
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.

Director:
Herbert Neuwirth

Runtime:
2h 0min

Genre:
Documentary

• Cast:
• 
  Nils Gaup
  as
  Filmmaker
• 
  Ann-Helen Laestadius
  as
  Author
• 
  Isabel Pavval
  as
  Sámi craftsman/designer
• 
  Mikkâl Morottaja
  as
  Amoc - rapper
• 
  Anna Pååve