Ellos eatnu La elva leve - Let the River Flow

Norway
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2023
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124 mins
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Summer 1979. Recently graduated, 23-year-old schoolteacher Ester (magnetic newcomer Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen) has moved to the northern Norwegian town of Alta to begin her career. Like many Sámi – the native people of Scandinavia – Ester is ashamed of her heritage and conceals her ethnicity in order to blend in, to the great consternation of her mother. Yet where she wears this integration uneasily, her cousin Mihkkal (Gard Emil) openly embraces his roots, and it’s he who takes Ester to see a camp by the river where a group is demonstrating against the government’s plan to build a hydroelectricity plant. Slowly understanding that the conflict is about far more than environmental concerns - her very identity and culture is under challenge – Ester is stirred to act, placing herself and her loved ones at considerable risk.

Director
Ole Giæver (Sámi)
Writer
Ole Giæver (Sámi)
Producer
Maria Ekerhovd
Language
North Sami with English Subtitles
Classification
Unclassified - Restricted to persons 15 and over unless accompanied by an adult.

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ᏗᏂᏠᎯ ᎤᏪᏯ (Meet Me at the Creek)

USA
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2023
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9 mins

In order to revitalize cultural traditions, a Cherokee elder fights to restore the “irreversibly damaged” Tar Creek.

Director
Loren Waters (Cherokee)