The turning point - the environmental stuggle that became indigenous affairs (2011)

Overview : Personal accounts from the Alta actions in the years 1979 to 1981. Large police forces were deployed against the demonstrators. The dispute over the Alta river began as an environmental issue, but became a major turning point for the Sámi people's struggle for equal rights in Norway.

Release Date : November 29, 2011

Runtime : 58m

Genre : Documentary, History  

Companies : NRK

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Keywords : political documentary, sami people, indigenous rights, environmental documentary, norwegian history