Frozen II movie of Indigenous Sami narratives...

It's been really interesting since teaching in the Indigenous research space for the past few years and in researching my doctoral work in indigenous studies these past couple of years in noticing a definite shift of focus in accepting (sometimes very reluctantly) of indigenous cultures and their knowledge as being equally credible and often far-reaching in being more sustainable to our natural environments.

Yesterday, I took our youngest to watch 'Frozen II', a movie that she had been wanting to watch having enjoyed Frozen I. Since school had finished and she had done well in prizegiving as well as positive comments on her school report, I thought to out her out on a treat in which she also received a Frozen II handbag before watching the movie.

We both enjoyed the movie and it was very interesting to later research the story behind the movie which is about the indigenous Sami people of northern Scandinavia. What was more interesting for me was the inclusion of a narrative about how colonial cultures often blame indigenous cultures for starting wars and this is apparent in the movie.

Without spoiling the movie, it does take a turn from the first movie and doesn't have the iconic songs as the first that are as memorable but it does tell an interesting story and takes the movie watcher on an interesting journey.

I'd highly recommend the movie, this summer, for families and especially if you've little ones who enjoyed the first movie. The relationship between the sisters is strong and the ending might not be quite what you had imagined...