Directed by Pamela Hogan | 70’ | Iceland
This is the true story of one day that sparked a revolution. With a score by Icelandic rock singer Margrét Rán (GusGus, Vök) and evocative animated sequences by artist Joel Orloff, The Day Iceland Stood Still unfolds through the vivid memories of the women who created and lived this moment. Perfectly timed for release in the lead-up to the strike’s 50th Anniversary, THE DAY ICELAND STOOD STILL inspires viewers to reimagine the possible.
When 90% of the women of Iceland walked off the job and out of their homes one fall morning in 1975 refusing to work, cook, or take care of the children, they brought their country to a standstill and catapulted Iceland to the “best place in the world to be a woman.” Told for the first time by the women themselves, and laced with playful animation, the story is subversive and unexpectedly funny. “We loved our male chauvinist pigs,” recalls one of the activists, “We just wanted to change them a little!”
Preceded by the Short Film:
I WAS HERE – directed by Alyson Margaret Richards | 8’ | Canada
The film follows Emma’s journey as she gets a tattoo and prepares for a photo shoot post mastectomy.
