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Isoisäni kieli

Sápmi/Finland, 2022, 30 min. / Documentary

Director: Jukka Vuorela-Morottaja

Producer: Erkki Feodoroff / Sámi Education Institute

Language: Finnish, Inari Sámi, North Sámi, subt. Finnish

World premiere.

The story of Ulpu, an Inari Sámi woman, tells about how a transgenerational trauma makes one feel rootless and what an empowering and healing experience it is to learn to speak the language of one’s ancestors – and for Ulpu, her grandfather Hannu’s – language as an adult.

Movie trailer