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Nordic Nights: Hvellur
October 21, 2014 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Nordic Nights films Fall season starts in October FREE SCREENING, donations welcomed
HVELLUR The Laxa Farmers
Documentary 64 mins. Icelandic with English subtitles.
The Laxá Farmers is about old farmers who 40 years ago blew up a dam to save their valley. They had protested for years but were losing the battle and being chased off their land when in the middle of the night they brought out the dynamite. This event marks the birth of environmentalism in Iceland. The farmers won a court case against them by sticking together and all confessing. For 40 years they have never revealed the secret. Until now.
Directed by: Grímur Hákonarson
Director of Photography: Bergsteinn Björgúlfsson
Editor: Steinþór Birgisson, Eva Lind Höskuldsdóttir
Music Composer: Valgeir Sigurðsson
Producer: Sigurður Gísli Pálmason, Hanna Björk Valsdóttir
The movie will be preceded by a short student film shot in Iceland this summer during the Image Arts Dept. of Ryerson workshop.
DATE: October 21st
Please email Gail for more information: gaileinarsonmccleery@gmail.com
Doors open 6.00 pm
Movie at 6:30 pm
Nordic Nights at Ryerson University New Room! ROOM IMA307, School of Image Arts, 122 Bond Street, third floor. Wheelchair accessible.