Director Nils Gaup has made a film about one of the most dramatic episodes in northern Scandinavian history: The Kautokeino Rebellion. Learn more about the rebellion when Gaup visits New York this spring.
For centuries the windswept mountain plateau of northern Scandinavia has been inhabited by the indigenous Sámi. In 1852 a group of 35 Sámi, outraged by years of subjugation, staged a riot at Kautokeino in northern Norway that lead to one of the most dramatic episodes in northern Scandinavian history. A sheriff and merchant were killed, and a clergyman flogged. Two years later, one of the leaders of the rebellion was decapitated and buried without his head. Norwegian director Nils Gaup, a descendant of the executed rebel, will give a lecture on the rebellion and screen clips from his latest film, The Kautokeino Rebellion (Kautokeino-opprøret).
Presented in collaboration with the Royal Norwegian Consulate General in New York.
When: April 28, 6:30pm
Where: Scandinavia House,
58 Park Avenue (between 37th and 38th Streets)
Tel: (212) 879-9779
Info: $10 ($8 ASF members, students free)