Please join us for an evening of Swedish and Sami culture featuring art and artifacts with Sigrid Cottell and her mother, Ana Lindgren-Rubin, who will introduce the film and do a Q&A afterward.
SAMI BLOOD
Elle-Marja, 14, is a reindeer-breeding Sámi girl - an indigenous, Scandinavian race that has been the victim of ethnic bigotry and systemic cultural suppression in Norway, Sweden and other Nordic countries. Taken from her home and sent to a state school, as she is exposed to the racism of the 1930's and race biology examinations in her classroom, she starts dreaming of another life. To achieve it, she has to become someone else and break all ties with her family and culture. Told in flashback, Sami Blood is a beautiful, haunting film, anchored by a startlingly accomplished lead performance. Starring Lene Cecilia Sparrok and Mia Erika Sparrok. In Lapp and Swedish with English subtitles.
Running time: 110.
Rated PG.
Show: 7:00 p.m. $10