Documentary

The Waterfowl People

Veelinnurahvas

(1970)

Genre: Documentary

Director: Lennart Meri

Screenwriter: Lennart Meri

Cinematographer: Sergei Rahomägi

Editor: Maire Lutter

Producer: Naftali Itkin, Jaak Jürida

Duration: 55 min

Language: Estonian, Kamassian, Nenets, Khanty, Mari, Karelian

Subtitle language: English, Estonian

Available formats: mov

Colour: Colour

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A documentary about the cultural and linguistic ties of the Finno-Ugric and Samoyedic peoples. Speakers of the Kamassian, Nenets, Khanty, Komi, Mari and Karelian languages were filmed in their everyday settings in 1969 and 1970. The footage was shot in Nenetsia, Khantia-Mansia, Uzbekistan, the Komi Republic, Mari El, Karelia and Estonia.