Name: Our Silent Struggle
Released: 2022-05-17T22:59:15-04:00
Duration: 4421S

SYNOPSIS

This documentary exposes the ongoing cultural genocide of the Sami people made possible by the assimilation and colonization policies of the Finnish governments to this day. Giving voice to these people, "Eatnameamet - Our Silent Struggle" shows their struggle to exist. From demanding truth and reconciliation hearings to debating the rights of self-determination, this portrait of multi-front Sami activism charts a course of resistance.

Theme(s): , Colonialism, Democracy, Environnement, First nations, Human Rights

DETAILS

Director | , Suvi West

Year | , 2021

Country | , Finland

Duration | 74 minutes

Original language | , Finnish

Subtitles | , French

Image | Anssi Kömi

Sound design | Pekka Aikio

Editing | Markus Leppälä

Production | Janne Niskala

Distribution | Janne Niskala

DIRECTOR

Suvi West

SEE COMPLETE PROFILE

Suvi West (b. 1982) has worked as an independent director, writer, and editor. Her credits include five short documentaries that have traveled internationally and her first feature documentary Me and My Little Sister in 2016. She is also the creator of the eight-part television series Märät Säpikkäät, which presents young Sámi in a humorous way and was named the best television series of 2012.

CAREER

Docpoint
Tampere Film Festival
Hotdocs
Nordisk Panorama
Tromssø International Film Festival
Fargo Film Festival
Human Oslo Film Festival
Huhtamo IFF
Lapua Art & Film Festival
Ende Gelände Action Camp
Blue Sea FF
Human Rights FF Berlin
Nuuk International Film Festival
FIlm Festival for Sami Youth
Sami Film Festival Seattle/New York
Festival del Cinema dei Diritti Umani di Napoli
The Winterers' Gathering & Arctic Film Festival
Noordelijk FF
Skabmagovat FF