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Sami Blood (2016)

Sami Blood poster
Original title
Sameblod
Directed by
Amanda Kernell
Genre
drama film, historical film
Country
Sweden
Runtime
1h 50m
Rated
6
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 143 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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In 1930s Sweden a 14 year old Sami girl faces harsh prejudice at a state run nomad school. She decides to leave her town and abandon her Sami identity to start a new life.

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What happens

Sami Blood (Swedish: Sameblod) is a 2016 Swedish coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Amanda Kernell, as her feature film debut. The first 10 minutes of the film (and part of the end) comes directly from the short film Stoerre Vaerie (2015, dir. Amanda Kernell). Stoerre Vaerie is Kernell's first film with Sami themes and it was nominated for the Short Film Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, Park City, Utah, United States. The film is set in Sweden in the 1930s and concerns a 14-year-old girl who experiences prejudice at a nomad school for Sami children, and decides to escape her town and disavow her Sami heritage. Parts of the story are inspired by Kernell's own grandmother. The film premiered at the 73rd edition of the Venice Film Festival in the Venice Days section, in which it was awarded the Europa Cinemas Label Award and the Fedeora Award for Best Debut Director. It won the 2017 Lux Prize and was nominated for the 2017 Nordic Council Film Prize. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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