Olavskino: Geronimos tapte stamme // Førpremiere og ettersnakk
- Prinsen 6
- 10. September 18:00 — 19:40
Welcome to Olavskino and the Trondheim premiere of the documentary film Geronimo's Lost Tribe at Prinsen Cinema on Tuesday, September 10.
After the film, there will be a conversation in the cinema with director Håvard Bustnes, Amanda Fayant, Eirik Ingstad, and Jens Kvernmo. The discussion will be moderated by Steinar Larsen, director of the Olavsfest.
In 2016, Norwegian documentary filmmaker Håvard Bustnes and his Danish colleague Lars K. Andersen began working on a film inspired by Lars' childhood hero, the Norwegian explorer Helge Ingstad. Their goal was to retrace Ingstad's legendary 1937 expedition, during which he claimed to have found a lost Apache tribe in Mexico.
Bustnes follows his colleague on his tireless quest to find the lost tribe. Along the way, they are joined by Pius LaCroix-Garcia, the great-great-grandson of the famous Apache warrior Geronimo. Pius is convinced that the tribe still exists in Mexico. Together, they embark on an extraordinary journey, where they encounter, among others, a Mexican family who claims to be related to Geronimo and a Mexican intelligence agent who claims to know the tribe's whereabouts.
When Lars, a white European filmmaker, is accused of exploiting the Apaches for personal gain, the project takes on a new tone. Faced with the ethical dilemma of searching for a tribe that does not want to be found, the filmmakers are forced to turn the lens on themselves. The film transforms into a biting critique of documentaries that portray indigenous groups through an exoticizing outsider's perspective.
As the film project teeters on the brink of collapse, Lars makes one last attempt to uncover the truth about Helge Ingstad’s claims by visiting his grandson in Oslo. At Ingstad’s home, Lars and Håvard make a shocking discovery.