The Day Iceland Stood Still

The Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education is very pleased to present a special screening of The Day Iceland Stood Still.

What if every woman simply took the day off? The Day Iceland Stood Still is a film that answers that question. In Iceland, on October 24, 1975, women walked out and stopped working. 90% of the women of Iceland refused 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.

Join us for the launch of the 2026 season of FIlmSocial socialist film screenings! The first screening of the year will be a very special one as we gather for a screening of the incredible 2024 film The Day Iceland Stood Still from celebrated documentarians Pamela Hogan and Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir. We’re very excited that we’ll also be hearing from the filmmakers directly via video message.

We're also honoured to welcome Judy Rebick as a very special guest for a discussion after the film. 

Judy Rebick is one of Canada’s best-known feminists. She was the founding publisher of rabble.ca and the first CAW Sam Gindin Chair in Social Justice and Democracy at Ryerson (TMU). She is the former president of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women and was a spokesperson for the pro-choice campaign that won legal abortion in Canada in the 1980’s.

The film will be presented in Icelandic and English with English subtitles. Please feel free to stick around for refreshments as we celebrate another year of FilmSocial!

Leo Panitch School events are always presented free-of-charge. This is only made possible through contributions from our participants and supporters. We encourage those who are able to consider making a cash donation at the event or becoming a monthly donor via leopanitchschool.ca/donate.

Accessibility Information

Friends House is accessible to wheelchairs via the automatic door at the back, north east entrance off of the parking lot, and via the automatic door at the Meeting Room entrance at the front on the west side of the house, from Lowther Ave. More accessibility information can be found here.

Please do not hesitate to contact us at info@leopanitchschool.ca with any questions or concerns regarding accessibility at this event.