Underplayed Gems

Inuk woman city blues (2002)

Inuk woman city blues poster
Original title
Inuk Woman City Blues
Directed by
Laila Hansen
Genre
documentary film
Country
Denmark
Runtime
35 min
Elsewhere
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How it feels

This documentary focuses on Greenlandic women living on the margins in Copenhagen's Vesterbro district. It follows their daily struggles with homelessness, addiction, and cultural dislocation while revealing the beauty of Greenlandic traditions through archival footage, poetry, and music.

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What happens

Inuk woman city blues er en dansk dokumentarfilm fra 2002 skrevet og instrueret af Laila Hansen. I bunden af hierarkiet blandt hjemløse, stofmisbrugere og andre udsatte på Vesterbro findes de grønlandske kvinder. En overset gruppe, der slås med kulturel fremmedgørelse, overforbrug af alkohol og høj dødelighed. I en solidarisk og poetisk montage går filmen tæt på disse kvinder, følger deres udsigtsløse hverdag og lytter til fragmenter af deres historier. Grønlændere har tendens til ikke at tale om deres følelser, bliver det sagt. Men filmen, der er lavet af en grønlandsk instruktør, efterlader ingen tvivl om hvilke typer tragedier, der ligger til grund for kvindernes situation: kulturel opløsning, splittede familier, seksuelle overgreb, nedarvede misbrugsmønstre. Samtidig vises via arkivfilm, digte og sange skønheden i grønlandsk mentalitet og kultur. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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