SUMÉ: Sound of a Revolution, a Greenlandic Film Screening

Come join us at Cove Street Arts for a special screening of the iconic Greenlandic film, SUMÉ: Sound of a Revolution. This inspiring documentary follows the Greenlandic rock band Sumé, whose music helped ignite Greenland’s movement toward self-governance in the 1970s.

Directed by Inuk Silis Høegh, the film tells the story of how Sumé’s revolutionary songs became a powerful cultural and political force, influencing Greenland’s independence from Danish colonial rule.

Light refreshments will be served. Free and open to the public!

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SUMÉ is presented in cooperation with the University of Southern Maine's North Atlantic Institute (MNAI), The Parsonage Gallery, the New England Ocean Cluster, the Maine International Trade Center, and the World Affairs Council of Maine.

The screening is part of a series of public programs hosted by MNAI and organized through Maine-Greenland Collaborations, an interdisciplinary research project studying the impacts of ecological change on rural and coastal communities in Maine and Greenland.

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Inuk Silis Høegh – Inuk Silis Høegh is a film director and artist, born in Qaqortoq, Greenland. He holds a Master of Arts in Film and TV Production from the University of Bristol and a Master of Fine Arts from the Royal Danish School of Visual Arts. Since the 1990’s he has produced and directed many short films, music videos, and documentaries in addition to his works as an artist in numerous exhibitions and art installations in Nordic countries and abroad. He is a member of Film.gl - Greenlandic Film Workers and Kimik - Greenland's Art Association. As an artist, he received the Niels Wessel Bagge Award in 2005. In 1999 he directed the first short film produced in Greenland. "Sinilluarit" (Goodnight) was screened at 27 international film festivals and won the audience award at the Far North Film Festival in 2000. SUMÉ - THE SOUND OF A REVOLUTION is his feature documentary directional debut.

Per Berthelsen – Johannes Per Berthelsen was born in Qeqertarsuaq, Kalaallit Nunaat on Disko Island, Greenland. He is a well-known Greenlandic songwriter and musician who was a founding member and one of the lead songwriters and musicians in the band SUME. He has also performed in popular Greenlandic folk-pop bands such as QAAQ with his daughters and Per & Birthe with his sister. In addition to being a musician, Berthelsen is a Greenlandic politician who founded and led the Demokraatit (Democratic) Party and worked as a teacher in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland. He was elected to the municipal council in Nuuk Municipality and the national parliament in 1993. He is currently a leader of the Katuaq Cultural Center, an important hub for concerts, exhibitions, and conferences in Nuuk.

Jan Piribeck – Jan Piribeck is an artist and Emerita Professor of Art at the University of Southern Maine. She holds a Master of Fine Arts from Northern Illinois University. Her creative interests include exploring how art can communicate complex narratives about personal, social, and environmental change. Her studio practice combines painting and drawing with digital media, and her community arts practice includes organizing public walks to sites of ecological significance. She addresses environmental change and its impacts through exhibitions and other public presentations. She is a Co-Principal Investigator on Maine-Greenland Collaborations, an interdisciplinary project supported by the University of Southern Maine’s Maine North Atlantic Institute.

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