25/04/2024
How did a small committed group of Icelandic women inspire 30,000 women from all areas of society in the nation of 220,000 to rally together and take a day off to demonstrate the importance of women in society almost 50 years ago?
To this day Iceland ranks the highest in gender equality in the world. Come and meet the amazing team who tell the story through their documentary film 'The Day Iceland Stood Still' with passion, heart and humour and would love to meet you!
Limited Time Invitation to ‘The Day Iceland Stood Still’ Celebration Lunch Monday April 29 at Noon with Arden Jackson Vinarterta, Canadian Club of Toronto (ICCT) and the Icelandic Consulate General of Iceland in Toronto.
Join us in Toronto on Monday April 29 at 12 Noon for our 'The Day Iceland Stood Celebration Lunch' to meet award-winning Director Pamela Hogan and Icelandic Film Producer Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdottir Krumma Films ehf - Raven Films in support of their Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival World Premiere screening of 'The Day Iceland Stood Still', the documentary film about the legendary ‘Woman’s Day Off – Kvennafrídagurinn‘ on October 24,1975.
Hot Docs Festival Film Screening Tickets for the 2:15PM show are purchased separately from our lunch tickets.
The Hot Docs Festival is the largest film festival in North America featuring ‘The Day Iceland Stood Still’ about that historic day in Iceland "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."
Purchase your lunch tickets here:
https://ardenjackson.com/.../the-day-iceland-stood.../
