Screening: Máhccan - Homecoming

Sat Feb 22 2025 at 01:00 pm to 02:30 pm UTC-05:00

Scandinavian Cultural Center | Newton

Scandinavian Living Center
Publisher/HostScandinavian Living Center
Screening: M\u00e1hccan - Homecoming
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Suvi West and Anssi Kömi’s latest documentary is a deeply personal pilgrimage to reclaim Sámi cultural heritage.
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Screening: Máhccan - Homecoming (2023)

Filmmaker Suvi West takes the audience behind the scenes of the museum world, revealing a visual, philosophical, and spiritual realm. Sámi herself, she seeks a connection with her ancestors through old museum objects, eventually arriving at the collective pain points of the Sámi people. How can the damage caused by outsiders be repaired so that collective pains can be left behind?

'Máhccan - Homecoming' is set in the changing world of museums and deals with the repatriation of museum objects. In recent years, museums around the world have had to confront their own colonialist burden and consider returning objects taken from oppressed or subjugated nations, often through theft.

Suvi West is an award-winning director and script writer. She has directed several short films and two feature documentaries, Me and My Little Sister and Eatnameamet - Our Silent Struggle. Her films have been screened in film festivals around the world and distributed in European TV channels. In 2019 she was selected to be one of the directors present in Venice Biennale in Finland’s pavilion.

Saturday, February 22nd | 1pm | $10; $5 for members |

In Finnish with English subtitles | Documentary | 76 minutes

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Scandinavian Cultural Center, 206 Waltham Street, Newton, United States

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