Power of Yoik
1hr documentary
31 October 2018
Can Sami yoik artist Ingá-Máret Gaup Juuso use the power of yoik to protect her reindeer herding heritage in Finnish Lapland from the threats of Norwegian pleasure snowmobilers and tourist developments?
Writer/Director/Camera/Producer
Beatrix A. Wood
Finnish Director/Producer
Paul Simma
Executive Producer
Margaret Mary Murray
Editor
Stephen Mulholland
Presenter
James MacLetchie
Lead Character
Ingá-Máret Gaup Juuso
Festivals
- Krakow Film Festival
- 61st Nordisk Film Days Lubeck - Documentary Film prize
- Anchorage International Film Festival
- Museum of New Art Film Festival
“In telling the story about the indigenous people of Finland, The Power of Yoik draws parallels with the precious environment and oral culture of the Outer Hebrides.”
