Beforeigners
Beforeigners is a Norwegian sci-fi drama which imagines what if people from the Viking era and other times in Norway’s past started popping up in the waters of Oslo. I talked with showrunner Anne Bjørnstad about why time travel is a great metaphor to explore issues of immigration and national identity.
Imaginary Worlds · Eric Molinsky | Daylight Media
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Show Notes
In the sci-fi drama Beforeigners from HBO Nordic, Oslo is overrun with immigrants and refugees. But they haven’t come from other countries. They’re from the past. In fact, they’re from three specific eras: the Stone Age, the Viking age, and the Victorian age. No one knows why or how they came, but police detectives Lars Haaland and his partner Alfhildr Enginsdottir – who is a former Viking herself – are uncovering mysteries and conspiracies that might lead to the truth. The show was created by Eilif Skodvin and Anne Bjørnstad, and I was very happy that I got to talk with Anne about how they created the show, and why time travel turns out to be a great metaphor to explore issues of immigration and national identity.
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