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Documentary | 2008 |
Beta SP PAL / Digibeta PAL |
16:9 | CH1&CH2 / Dolby Surround | ~28’
Director, script: Katariina Järvi
Cinematography: Arttu Peltomaa
Editing: Katja Pällijeff
Sound design, music: Antti Sipilä
Producer: Markku Niska
Production company:
NBB Navy Blue Bird Oy
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation,
AVEK, Arts Council of Finland
Financing TV company:
YLE Co-productions
Lapua
A documentary about the actions of the media and society seen through the tragedy of Lapua,
where a cartridge factory exploded and killed 40 people in 1976. How far does the freedom of
speech warrant the right to invade individuals’ private sorrow, and why does the state take such a
big role afterwards, ritualizing everything and leaving little room for private grieving for the families
involved? The documentary Lapua raises questions. It is an essay 30 years after a catastrophe.
Katariina Järvi
Katariina Järvi (born in 1962, Finland) graduated in
2006 from The School of Motion Picture, Television and
Production Design in Helsinki. She majored in Documentary
Directing. She has also worked as a props-master for
both the Finnish Broadcasting Company and a number of
Finnish independent production companies since 1994.
Her two most recent documentary directions before
Lapua are My Momma and Father (Äitini ja isä, 2005) and
Stitches of Love (Rakkauslaulu, 2004).
Photo: Kalle Kultala / The Finnish Museum of Photography
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