The View

From the programme for Oslo International Theatre Festival 2023

"The View by Makka Kleist is a story based on personal experiences. We meet an elderly woman who tells the story of when her family was relocated from the rural area to the concrete building in the city. Of the man who had to kill his 16 dogs and of the joy of getting running water. It is told vividly, introducing us to a powerful human being.

In the 60’s and 70’s the Danish government decided to close settlements in Greenland and move people into fewer and bigger towns. All part of the Danish political efforts to transform and urbanize the Greenlandic people. Life changed dramatically and many families were split and their stories forgotten. The View is a strong, warm and very touching performance about a woman and her husband, being forced to leave their town. It is about love, grief and hope. It’s about the longing for good food, the new daily life, the struggle to maintain sanity and at the same time to keep your culture.

The performance gives an insight into the last 50 years of Greenlandic history, the relationship between Denmark and Greenland and in a greater perspective, an understanding of what has happened to many indigenous people around the world. The View is based on personal stories of the people of Greenland."

Funded by: Dánmárkku kulturráđđi, Aarhus gielda, Nuuk Lokaludvalg, Den Grønlandske Fond / The Danish Arts Council, Aarhus Kommune, Nuuk Lokaludvalg, Den Grønlandske Fond. 

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Black Box teater’s archive, 2025

Film editor: Michael Lindskov Jacobsen. Film credits: Ànorâk Film. Production: Teater freezeProductions.