The documentary Herdswoman by Kine Boman

We encounter three women and their lives with the reindeer herds. They belong to different generations and each of them fight for their livelihood and for the right to their culture.

Production information

Production company - Filmateljén
Co-production - Filmpool Nord, Sirel Peensaar-Miell
Producer - Bo Harringer
Director - Kine Boman
Director of photography - Hans-Olof Utsi
Editor - Rasmus Ohlander
Sound design - Mikael Brodin
Original music - Nina Sarri Vahlgren

With support from Film in Halland, Norrbotten County Council, Jokkmokk Municipality, KUPP/Jokkmokk Municipality, The Sami Parliament, EU Structural Fund Programme Target 1

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'BEST AESTHETICS AWARD at 'Nepal International Indigenous Film Festival 2008'!

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The participants
Lisa - from Vapsten sameby

Lisa likens the meeting between the Sami and the non-Sami world to a couple of soap bubbles touching each other. Both are beautiful, they are together, but there will always be a divide, a boundary between them.

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The film makers
Nina Sarri Vahlberg - composer and the creator of the original music

Original music for Herdswoman is beeing created by Nina Sarri Vahlberg. She is a graduate from the Royal College of Music and a freelance composer and music artist.

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Press photos