we always need heroes (2020),
single-screen film by Rosie Heinrich
with music composed by Katrin Hahner
composed from over 100 hours of interview material.
featuring the voices of:
Eiríkur Bergmann (Professor of Politics, Bifröst University)
Guðbjörg R Jóhannesdóttir (Doctor of Environmental Philosophy, University of Iceland and Iceland University of the Arts)
Guðmundur Hálfdánarson (Professor of History, University of Iceland)
Gunnþórunn Guðmundsdóttir (Professor in Comparative Literature, University of Iceland)
Héðinn Unnsteinsson (Author and Senior Policy Analyst, Iceland’s Prime Minister’s Office)
Inga Dóra Sigfúsdóttir (Professor, Founding Director Icelandic Centre for Social Research and Analysis, Reykjavik University)
Magnús Tumi Guðmundsson (Professor of Geophysics, University of Iceland)
Ragnar Þór Marinósson (Fish Farmer, Tálknafjörður)
Snorri Páll Jónsson Úlfhildarson (Writer, Artist, Activist)
Þórunn Helga Benedikz (Former bank clerk with a degree in Art History, currently studying Law)
Narrator: Birna Bragadóttir
Choir: Ana Stanicevic, Birna Bragadóttir, Gerður Gestsdottir, Jakob Falur Garðarsson, Ólafur Þór Gunnarsson, Rannveig Iðunn Ásgeirsdóttir, Sigurður Vignir Jóhannsson, and Þorsteinn Magni Björnsson
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we always need heroes¶ was
made possible with the generous support of the Mondriaan Fund and the Amsterdam Funds for the Arts.