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Filmmaker and director. He directed "O'Yarkandal" ("History of Us" in Zostanian, the original language of the country before Latin), a drama about the forgotten indigenous population of Zostania and their culture, the people had been subject of a genocide in the first years of the Soviet puppet state and had been driven to an almost assured extinction. Peterson's film was nominated for the Best Foreign Film at the 2011 Oscars and raised awareness of the indigenous population.

Description
Filmmaker and director. He directed "O'Yarkandal" ("History of Us" in Zostanian, the original language of the country before Latin), a drama about the forgotten indigenous population of Zostania and their culture, the people had been subject of a genocide in the first years of the Soviet puppet state and had been driven to an almost assured extinction. Peterson's film was nominated for the Best Foreign Film at the 2011 Oscars and raised awareness of the indigenous population.