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Nils Gaup

"Pathfinder"Pathfinder
(1987, 90 min.) NORWAY
Director: Nils Gaup (Sami)
Actors: Mikkel Gaup, Nils Utsil
In Sami with English subtitles.

Gaup’s debut feature—the first Sami-language feature film—is based on a 1000-year-old Norwegian legend. The story of a young man who leads his people in a fight against a brutal band of marauders vividly evokes ancient Sami life.

Image credit: Nils Gaup - photograph by Morten Kroghvold; Still from Pathfinder

Nils Gaup

2008 Native Cinema Showcase

First Nations/First Features

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