A personal struggle that is universal in nature. Shying away from communicating in Danish, a reminder of an imposed culture, Aaju Peter is an Arctic indigenous rights activist with an unbreakable attitude. She experienced assimilation in Denmark as a schoolgirl and once again as an adult in Canada. Today, the goal of the Greenland-born woman is clear: to achieve for Inuit the same opportunities enjoyed by the oppressors of her people and the descendants of the authors of colonialist policies. She is still strong, even after losing her son to suicide and experiencing abuse in a relationship with a white man. She wants no one to forget the First Peoples of the North and wants them to be heard, at least through her story. 

A multi-layered documentary portrait of the continuous cycle of different forms of violence. Seven years in the making, Lin Alluna’s debut feature film is the product of a unique friendship between the director and her fascinating protagonist. Twice Colonized has screened in Sundance and at the most prestigious documentary film forums. In recent years, the rock’n’roll-loving Peter has become the most visible Inuit advocate: she teaches indigenous literature, raises the spectre of colonialism and Eurocentrism at the EU level, and reminds us that Inuit experience the highest rates of suicide due to unemployment. “Now I am in the process of decolonizing twice. So the next journey is about how I go back to my values, beliefs, and way of being in this world.” Peter is steadfast in her convictions, something the audience will have no doubt about.