Join Ackland Art Museum for the next screening in the Ackland Film Forum’s Spring 2023 series “Do Something: Responding to Climate Change” presented by UNC Film Studies and the Ackland Art Museum.

Woman at War/Kona fer í stríð (Benedikt Erlingsson, 2018)
Varsity Theatre, 123 E. Franklin Street | 7:30 p.m.
Free Tickets at the Varsity Theatre

Introduction by Jean-Thomas Tremblay (York University, Canada)

SYNOPSIS

This Icelandic-Ukrainian comedy-drama tells the story of a conductor and eco-activist who decides to take matters into her own hands by attacking the power supply to disrupt the operations of the aluminum industry in Iceland. Soon after her successful act of eco-terrorism, she learns that her application to adopt an Ukrainian orphan has been approved. With subtle humor, the film deftly explores the character’s conflicting goals—do I continue the path of attempting to save the climate by myself, or do I invest my hopes in the care of another human being? With delightful intervals of traditional Ukrainian music, this film explores the complexity of political activism, even when people are convinced that they are right.

TICKETS

Free tickets are available the evening of the screening at the Varsity Theatre.