Greenlandic warning: The documentary retreat has solved one problem, but has grown another instead Note: The original Danish sentence uses the term "Grønlandsk advarsel" which is a specific term in Danish for a

As a rule, it is good to have multiple perspectives on a given issue, because those who are familiar with it may see things differently.

In the case of the DR documentary 'Greenland's White Gold', however, it appears that there is a significant difference between the impression that the Danish kryolite mine in Greenland has left at home and among the Greenlanders.

And even in this case, the different perspectives pose problems, it seems - even now that DR has republished the documentary.

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> People have moved a little further apart due to this documentary.

> Aaja Chemnitz, member of the Greenlandic party IA

According to Greenland's government leader, Muté B. Egede, it is a "clean and clear denial of the essence of the documentary" (https://api.dr.dk/hydra/preview/article/content?focusId=9137449).

According to Aaja Chemnitz, who is a member of the Greenlandic party IA and recently returned to Denmark after following the debate from Greenland, the documentary has opened a kind of "Pandora's box."

Both the subsequent debate and DR's decision yesterday to withdraw the broadcast have deepened the rift between Danes and Greenlanders, she believes.

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> People have moved a little further apart due to this documentary, she says on P1 Morgen.

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Stealing attention

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The Danish eyes that saw the 55-minute long documentary fixated on the number 400 billion kroner.

A number that several experts have since pointed out (https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/penge/professor-slaar-fast-danmark-har-ikke-tjent-400-milliarder-paa-kryolit) cannot be used as an expression of what Denmark earned from kryolite mining in Greenland.

The mine, which is the large crater, is located in the Greenlandic town of Ivittuut, and it looked like this in 1986. (Photo: © John Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix)

Greenlandic eyes, on the other hand, also focused on the children who were left fatherless - also in a legal sense, as mine workers and craftsmen from the Kryolite Company returned to Denmark after making Greenlandic women pregnant, Aaja Chemnitz tells.

They, in other words, saw a story of injustice, and how skewed, one-sided stories have become history, which is an inheritance from the time when Greenland was a colony.

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> We are forced to create a common truth.

> Aaja Chemnitz, member of the Greenlandic party IA

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> There are many in Greenland who think that the documentary, as it is presented, shows some things that are important for understanding the common history, she says.

The problematic part is that the Greenlandic perspective disappears in the shadow of the discussion in Denmark, Aaja Chemnitz points out.

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A 'grim' tone

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> We are forced to create a common truth.

> Aaja Chemnitz, member of the Greenlandic party IA

This truth should also include a new perspective on the economic relationship between Denmark and Greenland in a historical context, she believes.

Already now, the Greenlandic politician is experiencing that the tone between Danes and Greenlanders has become "grim," and that, as she puts it, "it is not spoken as nicely to each other on the street as it did just two months ago."

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> I don't think it's just the documentary, but it is certainly striking that it comes after the documentary has been shown, she says.

Reactions to DR's documentary on the kryolite mine in Greenland have been very different at home and abroad, Aaja Chemnitz tells. (Photo: © Mads Claus Rasmussen, Ritzau Scanpix)

The development concerns her.

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> Therefore, it is important to recognize the frustration that can arise from an unequal power relationship, which pulls strings up to this day, she says.

Taking down the documentary does not contribute to the recognition of the Greenlandic perspective, one must understand.

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> There are many in the political system who think that one cannot simply close down a discussion by closing down a documentary, she says.

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> One must recognize that the history has been there, and we must dare to speak about the history.

Several Danish politicians have stated that the documentary "should never have been shown" (https://api.dr.dk/hydra/preview/article/content?focusId=9133567).

According to DR's news director, Sandy French (https://api.dr.dk/hydra/preview/article/content?focusId=9133359), it has now been removed because, in addition to the massive criticism that has come to light in recent weeks, new information has come to light about the fact that some of the interviews in the documentary were made on a different premise than it appears in the documentary.

DR has tried to get a comment from Sandy French after Muté B. Egede's criticism of the publication. It was not possible before the article's deadline.

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