Marja Helander
Director
Birds in the Earth (2018)
Sami dance students Birit and Katja Haarla dance through the villages and lost woods of Sápmi all the way to where the important decisions are made. The polarity of Nature and the Western way of life is filtered through sharp humour.
Keywords: mdblist.two-actors, mdblist.imdb-short, imdb.ballerina, imdb.ballet-dancing, imdb.ballet-dancer, imdb.lapland-finland, imdb.sami + 24 more, imdb.ownership, imdb.culture, imdb.identity, imdb.self-identity, imdb.seasonal-changes, imdb.culture-clash, imdb.wilderness, imdb.forest, imdb.swamp, imdb.pond, imdb.rural, imdb.periphery, imdb.land, imdb.gas-station, imdb.stuffed-animal, imdb.lasso, imdb.critical, imdb.folk-costume, imdb.ballet-dancer-as-protagonist, tmdb.ballet, tmdb.indigenous-peoples, tmdb.sami-culture, tmdb.short-film, aspectratio.1-85-1
Production Companies: Studio Marja Helander
Country: Finland
Production Countries:
Finland,
Norway
Languages:
Finnish
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11 min
March 9, 2018
Oct. 14, 2023
Released
NR