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The Day Iceland
Stood Still
the story
"We loved our male chauvinist pigs... We just wanted to change them a little.”
October 24, 1975
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” today.
Perfectly timed for commemorating the strike’s 50th anniversary, the film’s message about the collective power of women to transform their society inspires viewers to reimagine the possible!
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