Selama musim panas 1979, Ester pindah ke Alta di Norwegia Utara untuk mulai mengajar di sebuah sekolah dasar. Seperti banyak Sámi pada saat itu, dia malu dengan warisan leluhurnya dan menyembunyikan etnisnya. Ester berusaha keras untuk menyesuaikan diri, bahkan ikut melontarkan lelucon yang menghina. Ketika sepupunya, Mikkhal, membawanya ke sebuah kamp di tepi Sungai Alta, tempat orang-orang melakukan demonstrasi menentang pembangunan bendungan, Ester mengetahui bagaimana perjuangan untuk sungai juga merupakan pemberontakan melawan rasisme brutal dan diskriminasi yang telah berlangsung selama bertahun-tahun terhadap rakyatnya. Setelah konfrontasi besar-besaran dengan polisi, Mikkhal dan beberapa Sámi lainnya memutuskan untuk pergi ke Oslo untuk melakukan mogok makan di depan Parlemen. Mengetahui apa yang dipertaruhkan, Ester menyadari inilah saatnya untuk mengambil sikap…
During summer 1979, Ester moves to Alta in Northern Norway to begin teaching at an elementary school. Like many Sámi at the time, she is ashamed of her heritage and conceals her ethnicity. Ester goes to great lengths to fit in, even joining in with the derogatory jokes. When her cousin Mikkhal takes her to a camp by the Alta River, where people are demonstrating against the building of a dam, Ester learns how the fight for the river is also a revolt against the years of brutal racism and discrimination against her people. After a major confrontation with the police, Mikkhal and some other Sámi decide to go to Oslo to hunger strike in front of the Parliament. Knowing what is at stake, Ester realises it is time to make a stand…
During summer 1979, Ester moves to Alta in Northern Norway to begin teaching at an elementary school. Like many Sámi at the time, she is ashamed of her heritage and conceals her ethnicity. Ester goes to great lengths to fit in, even joining in with the derogatory jokes. When her cousin Mikkhal takes her to a camp by the Alta River, where people are demonstrating against the building of a dam, Ester learns how the fight for the river is also a revolt against the years of brutal racism and discrimination against her people. After a major confrontation with the police, Mikkhal and some other Sámi decide to go to Oslo to hunger strike in front of the Parliament. Knowing what is at stake, Ester realises it is time to make a stand…
Directors: Ole Giver
Writer: Ole Giver
Starring: Ella Marie Htta Isaksen, Gard Emil Elvenes, Sofia Jannok
Writer: Ole Giver
Starring: Ella Marie Htta Isaksen, Gard Emil Elvenes, Sofia Jannok
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