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Historjá – Stitches for Sapmí + ScreenTalk (PG*)

The Old Ways

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A woman looks out over a herd of raindeer.

A documentary portrait of the extraordinary textile artist and activist Britta Marakatt-Labba. 

Britta Marakatt-Labba was born to a Sámi family of reindeer herders in Northern Sweden. For decades, her needle and thread have represented the vast, calm snowscapes of her northern homeland and carried stories of Sámi mythology, childhood memories and history – political, and domestic.  

Taking as its starting-point the huge 24-metre-long embroidery Historjá (2003–2007), the piece that first introduced her to international audiences, this film brings us into Britta’s world, and allows us to hear directly from the artist, in her own words. 

We are honoured to have Britta here in person after the film for a ScreenTalk with director Thomas Jackson and Barbican Curator Lotte Johnson.  

This event is made possible thanks to the Swedish Embassy.

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UK premiere 

Film information
  • Release year   2022
  • Country of origin   Sweden
  • Director   Thomas Jackson
  • Runtime   1 hr 38 min
Swedish Institute

Biography

Thomas Jackson has directed several of the most acclaimed documentary films coming out of Sweden in the last few years. These include Foodies – The Culinary Jetset (2014), a glimpse into the life of five of the world's leading food bloggers; Kartellen - Lys Upp Skuggorna (2016), about Sweden’s biggest gangster rap group; and Sök Och Du Skall Finna (2017), about the intersection of our inner and outer worlds, and the role our imagination plays in forming the reality we live in. 

His films have screened at festivals such as Berlin International Film Festival, Toronto Hot Docs, CPH:DOX and Tokyo Film Festival. Thomas is currently developing a drama tv-series and two feature films. 

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