Sami Blood
Sweden/Norway/Denmark, 110 min, Drama, Swedish and Sami with English subtitles, Not Rated
Sunday, Jun 4, 2017 8:00 PM
MICHIGAN PREMIERE. In director AMANDA KERNELL’s stunning debut film, strong-willed Elle-Marja, a teenage Sami girl growing up in 1930s Sweden, struggles to reconcile her reindeer-breeding culture with her desire to have the same opportunities and privileges as her Swedish peers. Elle-Marja is resourceful, resilient, and unwavering in achieving her modern ambitions, but she must make a choice between her Sami heritage and the life she wants to lead. Told in beautiful coming-of-age fashion, Sami Blood is poignant and unsentimental in its attempt to make sense of Sweden’s complex history of indigenous oppression, leaving the audience affected long after the conclusion. Winner of the VENICE FILM FESTIVAL FEDEORA AWARD FOR BEST YOUNG DIRECTOR.