Abstract
This article examines the possibilities for re-imagining a queer indigenous past in Sparrooabbán (Me and My Little Sister, Suvi West, 2016)—the first feature-length documentary film that discusses non-heterosexuality in Sámi communities. We explore how the film queers the gákti, the traditional Sámi dress; how it uses elements other than the verbal expression to mark queer traces in Sápmi; and how spirituality and faith create a (dis)connection to a Two-Spirit past and present. We argue that the documentary produces a series of minor transformative gestures to create a queer Sámi archive of affect when there is no conventional archival knowledge of gender and sexual diversity pre-settler colonialism.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Cinema Journal |
Publication status | Accepted/In press - 2021 |
MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Keywords
- Queer Indigenous Studies
- Indigenous peoples
- Sámi cinema
- affect
- Archives
- settler colonialism