Seven Songs from the Tundra

The most famous film of the duo, which brought them long-deserved recognition. Divided into seven short segments—‘songs’—it was the first ever fiction in the Nenets language. Lapsui assembled stories from her friends and relatives to create this monumental canvas of the Nenets history in the 20th century. The October Revolution and the establishment of Soviet rule, collectivization, war, dissolution of the country: all these events left scars. The director’s first black and white work contrasts Soviet propaganda with an attempt by the Nenets to tell their story from their own point of view.