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dc.contributor.authorSand, Stine Agnete
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-17T08:46:12Z
dc.date.available2022-06-17T08:46:12Z
dc.date.issued2022-03-01
dc.description.abstractIn the 1970s, Norway had not officially acknowledged their Indigenous population, the Sámi. In the following decade, two activist films, Let the River Live (Greve 1980) and The Taking of Sámiland (Eriksen and Tannvik 1984), focused on the Alta conflict ‐ protests against the construction of a power plant in Sámi territory ‐ Indigenous rights and colonial processes. Inspired by discussions concerning documentary, activism and decolonialism, this article investigates how the films frame Sámi interests and challenge perceptions of the Norwegian state. Because both films are collaborations across ethnic boundaries, they also challenge the supposed insider/outsider perspective of Sámi and Indigenous film, offering decolonial narratives by centring on Indigenous voices and experiences, confronting the idea of Norway as homogenous and representing the state as a colonial oppressor. They represent a political turning point that has changed politics, film production and collective memory.en_US
dc.description© Sand, S.S. 2022. The definitive, peer reviewed and edited version of this article is published in ournal of Scandinavian Cinema. 2022;12(1):57-70, <a href=https://doi.org/10.1386/jsca_00064_1>https://doi.org/10.1386/jsca_00064_1</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSand SS. ‘Call the Norwegian embassy!’: The Alta conflict, Indigenous narrative and political change in the activist films The Taking of Sámiland and Let the River Live. Journal of Scandinavian Cinema. 2022;12(1):57-70en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 2027108
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1386/jsca_00064_1
dc.identifier.issn2042-7891
dc.identifier.issn2042-7905
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/25508
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherIntellecten_US
dc.relation.journalJournal of Scandinavian Cinema
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dc.rights.holderCopyright 2022 The Author(s)en_US
dc.title‘Call the Norwegian embassy!’: The Alta conflict, Indigenous narrative and political change in the activist films The Taking of Sámiland and Let the River Liveen_US
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dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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