Sumé: The Sound of a Revolution

A successful rock band from Greenland? Yes, it's not a lie. In 1973, the Greenlandic Sumé released a debut album, which record time made it to all the households on the icy island. But Sumé's success was not just due to their catchy beat rock, but also to the band's ability to put words to the zeitgeist, where Greenlandic culture was slowly fading away

Keywords

  • Creatives: Make Music!
  • Screen: Scandinavia
  • indie music
  • rock
  • underground

Actors

  • Erno Aronsen
  • Per Berthelsen
  • Hjalmar Dahl
  • Per Danker
  • Hans Fleischer

Director

  • Inuk Silis Høegh

Documentary

1h 13min

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Greenland
2014
A successful rock band from Greenland? It actually existed! In 1973, the Greenlandic band Sumé released their debut album.

A successful rock band from Greenland? It actually existed! In 1973, the Greenlandic band Sumé released their debut album.


A successful rock band from Greenland? Yes, it's not a lie. In 1973, the Greenlandic Sumé released a debut album, which record time made it to all the households on the icy island.


But Sumé's success was not just due to their catchy beat rock, but also to the band's ability to put words to the zeitgeist, where Greenlandic culture was slowly fading away

Cast & Crew