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ÁHKUIN Film Screening and Talkback with Indigenous Producer

When: Monday, March 16, 2026, 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Where: BLOC Cinema in the ArtsOne Building, Queen Mary University of London (1 Westfield Way; London E1 4PD), Mile End

Speaker: Saara-Maria Salonen

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On Monday 16 March, BLOC will be hosting a screening and talkback of ÁHKUIN, a documentary short created by members of Europe's only recognised Indigenous people, the Sámi, who live in the Arctic Circle.

Their experiences are sadly in parallel with those of Indigenous Americans and Aboriginal Australians - with colonial powers threatening their language, putting children in residential schools, encroaching on their Land rights, and more.
With the oral storytelling tradition of joik at its center, ÁHKUIN is a visual and musical call-and-response between a grandmother and her descendants. Seemingly mundane chores — carrying water from the river, setting up the sauna, boiling reindeer bone marrow — offer up gifts of memory, music, and Indigenous knowledge.
Saara-Maria Salonen, a Sámi journalist, cultural activist, and environmentalist, produced the film and will join us for the event. After the screening, she will be joined by Becca Farnum (Lecturer in Environment and Security at Queen Mary) for a talkback exploring Indigenous politics; the interactions between environmental sustainability, cultural heritage, and the music industry; and careers in environmental media.
Please join us!
ÁHKUIN Film Screening and Talkback
Monday, 16 March 2026
2:30-4:30pm
BLOC Cinema in the ArtsOne Building, Queen Mary University of London (1 Westfield Way; London E1 4PD)
Questions and RSVPs can be addressed to Becca Farnum, r.farnum@qmul.ac.uk

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