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