Suodji is a short film adaptation of an old story from Utsjoki, Sápmi, to the present. It is a legend of what the director’s relative, Ovllá-Ivvár Helander, did during the Spanish flu epidemic in 1918 in Utsjoki. Ovllá decided to fool Death and take his fate into his own hands.
The film is part of International Sámi Film Institute’s Home Sweet Home mini-series which was released on ISFI’s streaming service Sapmifilm.com in June.