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‘Pathfinder’ Director Nils Gaup Opens Up About ‘The Riot,’ a New Documentary About Shamanism: ‘I Try to Tell Stories That Mean Something’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Nils Gaup of ‘Pathfinder’ fame set to follow ‘The Riot’ with new documentary about shamanism under working title ‘Koven’
Despite its scope, he is looking forward to telling a more intimate story than historical epic “The Riot,” shown at Goteborg and taking on the dramatic uprising of the miners in 1907. Showing young worker Konrad (Otto Fahlgren), sold into slavery as a child, going from an informant to someone who slowly realizes his own self-worth. Produced by Tom Vidar Karlsen and Trond Eliassen for Storyline – and sold by REinvent Studios – despite its period setting Gaup’s drama proved surprisingly timely, he stresses.
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