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Grímur Hákonarson
Film Review: The County
Co-operatives date back as far as early human tribes where each person was allocated a specific job which benefitted the group as a whole. In many ways it’s the original socialism. In the modern (industrial) sense, they began in the nineteenth century in Britain and France, but soon spread across Europe and farther afield. However, …
Film Review: Rams
If you’ve read Halldór Laxness’ Independent People you’ll have a good idea of the relationship between Icelandic farmers and their sheep. Fast-forward almost a hundred years and there are still people struggling to eke out a living in the Icelandic hills, exposed to the harshness of the county’s climate. Grímur Hákonarson’s film Rams follows a …