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Release Date:
August 17, 2011
Original Title:
Andlit norðursins
Alternate Titles:
Gesichter der Arktis
Oi teleftaies imeres tis Arktikis
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
ARTE
BBC
Beetz Brothers Film Production
ITVS
NDR
Sagafilm
Production Countries:
Iceland
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 90
Ragnar Alexsson, a.k.a. RAX, is among the most celebrated photographers in the world. His series Faces of the North are a living document of the dying cultures of the far northern reaches of the planet. His photo essays of farmers and fishermen in Icleand, and of the great hunters of Greenland give an amazing insight into everyday life of people who struggle a daily battle with the Arctic nature. A celebration of the photographer and his subjects, Last Days of the Arctic is an elegy for a disappearing landscape and the people who inhabit it.
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Director:
Magnús Viðar Sigurðsson
Editor:
Jakob Halldórsson
Executive Producer:
Magnús Viðar Sigurðsson
Original Music Composer:
Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson
Producer:
Margrét Jónasdóttir
Production Office Assistant:
Ingibjörg Ásmundsdóttir
Writer:
Margrét Jónasdóttir
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