Białe dni, czarne śniegi i strachy na wróble. O kinie jakuckim
White days, black snows, and scarecrows. About Yakut cinema

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to familiarize the reader with the selected works, names, and trends (genre cinema, the “Sakhawood” phenomenon) that have dominated the Yakutian cinema in the context of the history, belief system, and national identity of the Sakha. A chronological overview of the respective stages of development (e.g. ongoing professionalization of film crews and the democratization of the medium itself) of the discussed cinema — understood as a component of world cinema — concerns the years 1986–2022, i.e. from the production of the first Yakutian-language film until the present day — the period of increasing recognition of many of the films and the acclivous aspirations of the filmmakers.

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