Feedback (2023)
A documentary about teachers' strikes in Iceland in the latter half of the 20th century with a special focus on 1995.
Top billed cast
- Ólafur Ragnar GrímssonSelf
- Elna Katrín JónsdóttirSelf
- Einar Már GuðmundssonSelf
- Eiríkur JónssonSelf
- Karen RúnarsdóttirSelf
- Óli Gneisti SóleyjarsonSelf
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