Lea Pakkanen (b. 1983) is a journalist who has reported on conflicts in Colombia, Israel, Palestine and Myanmar, among others. Santeri Pakkanen (b. 1950) is a journalist who worked actively to revive Ingrian Finnish culture during the Soviet period. The Pakkanens came to Finland in 1990 as returnees from Russia, and in recent years have actively worked to throw light on the fate of the Ingrian Finns. With photographer Meeri Koutaniemi they have put together an exhibition on Ingrian Finnish identity and collective remembrance at the National Museum of Finland.
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It Happened to Us (2020)