The turning point - the environmental stuggle that became indigenous affairs

2011 | 58 minutes | 0.0 ★ (0)

The turning point - the environmental stuggle that became indigenous affairs
  • Overview

    Personal accounts from the Alta actions in the years 1979 to 1981. Large police forces were deployed against the demonstrators. The dispute over the Alta river began as an environmental issue, but became a major turning point for the Sámi people's struggle for equal rights in Norway.

  • Release Date

    29 November 2011

  • DirectingPer Kristian Olsen
  • Budget

    $0.00

  • Revenue

    $0.00

  • Stars

Videos

User Reviews

See more

More Like This

Fahrenheit 9/11

Fahrenheit 9/11

Michael Moore's view on how the Bush administration allegedly used the tragic events on 9/11 to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in...

See more
An Inconvenient Truth

An Inconvenient Truth

A documentary on Al Gore's campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwide.

See more
Shellmound

Shellmound

“Shellmound” is the story of how one location was transformed from a sacred center of pre-historic cultures to a commercial mecca for modern people...

See more
Kaisa's Enchanted Forest

Kaisa's Enchanted Forest

Examines the extraordinary lifelong friendship between Skolt Sámi storyteller Kaisa Gauriloff and the Swiss-Russian author Robert Crottet through...

See more
Blueberry Waggle Dance

Blueberry Waggle Dance

It's a warm spring night, and the bee cowboys of Prince Edward Island begin rounding up their hives.

See more
Beyond Utopia

Beyond Utopia

A courageous pastor uses his underground network to rescue and aid North Korean families as they risk their lives to embrace freedom.

See more
Rap and Reindeer

Rap and Reindeer

The documentary Rap and Reindeer follows the life of 18-year-old Sámi rapper Mihkku Laiti, who lives in the northernmost corner of Sámiland. The...

See more
Made in Tärnaby

Made in Tärnaby

Follows Astrid & Sune as they show techniques and methods of sami handcraft.

See more
Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons and Our Environment

Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons and Our Environment

This 1991 Academy Award®-winning documentary uncovers the disastrous health and environmental side effects caused by the production of nuclear...

See more
The Giants

The Giants

A portrait of environmental folk hero & gay icon Bob Brown, who took green politics to the center of power. His story is interwoven with the life...

See more
The Sign of Doom

The Sign of Doom

The pandemic has changed many things. Including Alfia, she is a teacher who has learned a lot from the phenomenon she saw. For Alfia, trash is no...

See more
13th

13th

An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.

See more
Going Circular

Going Circular

Going Circular unlocks the secrets to an innovative concept called circularity -- an economic system that eliminates waste and saves the planet’s...

See more
I Am Greta

I Am Greta

Greta Thunberg, a 15-year-old student in Sweden, started a school strike for the climate as her question for adults was, if you don’t care about my...

See more
The Grand Swim

The Grand Swim

The documentary chronicling Oly Rush's world record attempt to swim non-stop around Grand Cayman. All in the name of raising awareness for plastic...

See more
Le peuple du requin et moi

Le peuple du requin et moi

Checkmate: Strategy of a Revolution

Checkmate: Strategy of a Revolution

How does one trigger a revolution? In the Romanian uprising in 1989, everything seemed to happen by itself. The people were fed up and were plagued...

See more
Wir waren in der AfD - Aussteiger berichten

Wir waren in der AfD - Aussteiger berichten

The AfD, founded in 2013, is a right-wing party that has become increasingly radicalized in recent years. To illustrate this, only those who...

See more
An Insignificant Man

An Insignificant Man

After the anti-corruption protests, Arvind Kejriwal along with his team members forms a new political party to fight the Delhi elections.

See more
Plastic Heads

Plastic Heads

The analogy likens plastic pollution to a person wearing a plastic bag on their head, illustrating how our beautiful and clean surroundings are at...

See more