Sami blood

Swedish-Sami director Amanda Kernell’s debut feature looks into what happens if you cut all ties with your culture and history, asking the question: Can you really become someone else?

”A moving, classically rendered coming-of-age tale set against the scarring social prejudices of the 1930s’, SAMEBLOD ‘robustly blends adolescent fears that resonate across borders and generations with a fascinatingly speci c, rarely depicted cultural context: Sweden’s colonial oppression of the indigenous Sami folk.’ – Variety

SYNOPSIS – Elle Marja, 14, is a reindeer-herding Sámi girl. Exposed to the racism of the 1930’s and race biology examinations at her boarding school, she starts dreaming of another life. To achieve this she has to become someone else and break all ties with her family and culture.