SUMÉ – THE SOUND OF A REVOLUTION, INUK SILIS HØEGH

GUEST ISLAND: GREENLAND

In the 1970s, a young political rock group gave voice to the desire for freedom and self-determination of the Greenlandic people. Through their songs, Sumé became the soundtrack to a growing confrontation with the colonial power, Denmark, and with Greenland’s own sense of identity. The music drove a cultural and political movement that changed the country forever.

Inuk Silis Høegh. Greenlandic filmmaker, artist and writer. In 1997 he earned a master’s degree in Film and Television Production from the University of Bristol, and in 2010 he graduated from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, by then an established filmmaker and artist in Greenland, Denmark and internationally. His short films and documentaries have aired on television and screened at festivals around the world, where they have received numerous awards. Inuk is co-owner of the production company Ánorâk Film, responsible for some of the great successes of Greenlandic cinema, including SUMÉ – The Sound of a Revolution (2014, VOSE, 73 min.) and Twice Colonized (2023).