Genealogy Gems Videocast: Sweet Land

10/13/07 • 9 min

The Genealogy Gems Podcast with Lisa Louise Cooke - Your Family History Show

Video Cast: An interview with the award-winning director of the film Sweet Land, Ali Selim. Sweet Land is a story about family history, focusing on Norwegian immigrants in Minnesota circa 1920. If you love historical fiction, and quiet thoughtful movies that you can watch with your entire family, then this is the videocast for you. is available on DVD, and the beautiful nostalic music soundtrack is available through . Take it from your friend, you'll love it. P.S. Rather read? Try

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Published Oct 7, 2007 Episode 29 SHOW NOTES GEM: I had the opportunity to talk with Anna Swayne of the Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation recently. Listen as we walk through this emerging area of genealogy step-by-step and get a solid overview of how DNA testing can assist us in our family history research. Suggested Reading: Megan Smolenyak & Ann Turner by Colleen Fitzpatrick - SMGF's founder, James LeVoy Sorenson, was featured in a USA Today article in June. The article focuses on Mr. Sorenson's work in genetic genealogy as well as his other companies. Sign up for the free Genealogy Gems Check out what's new at the Get Lisa's new book: Genealogy Gems: Ultimate Research Strategies is out of print. Visit the for her latest books.

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Episode 30 - Ali Selim Director of the Movie Sweet Land

SHOW NOTES for Episode 30 Published October 21, 2007 Website News: New this week you will find a search box on the left side of the under the navigation menu. I hope that you will use it and find it helpful in getting to where you want to go. GEM: Interview with Ali Selim, Director of Sweet Land? In episode 29 I told you about a wonderful movie that I saw recently called . It's a film about Norwegian immigrants in rural Minnesota following WWI. I feel so passionate about it not only because it's about family history, but because it's such a rare thing to find a gem like this that you can watch with your entire family. Ali's Grandparents William and Sophie Niemeier of Minnesota. This week I had a chance to talk to Ali Selim, award-winning director of Sweet Land, and we chatted about his immigrant parents, the power of memories and some of the terrific actors that he features in the film. Ali Selim, Director When you're done listening to the audio podcast, you can watch the Videocast below. Just double click on the Play button.