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Time and Water

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Facing the death of his country's glaciers and the loss of his beloved grandparents, Icelandic writer Andri Snær Magnason turns his archives into a time capsule to hold what is slipping away -- family, memory, time, and water.

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Sam Adams Slate 1d
The movie forces us to ponder what remains after we’ve left this earth, and what kind of planet we want to leave behind. Go to Full Review Robert Daniels RogerEbert.com 4d
A stirring record of human hopes and regrets. Go to Full Review Marya E. Gates IndieWire 5d
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A poetic musing on intergenerational memory, a whimsical, yet staunchly political elegy for the glaciers, and a mournful look at the Earth in all her majesty and mystery. . .and ow craven capitalism over the last several hundred years has destroyed her Go to Full Review Bradley Gibson Film Threat 1d
7.5/10
Time and Water is a meditative elegy for a disappearing land that has forged the culture of Iceland for thousands of years. Go to Full Review Alan French Sunshine State Cineplex 1d
6/10
Time and Water is a prescient, emotional showcase about climate change's effects on our world, most notably in the glaciers of Iceland. Go to Full Review Roberto Tyler Ortiz Geek Vibes Nation 2d
8/10
Time and Water isn’t interested in persuading or alarming. It’s concerned with preservation on a human scale. When landscapes vanish and people pass on, what survives are stories, images, and voices passed from one generation to the next. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Sara Dosa

Director

Andri Snær Magnason

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Andri Snær Magnason

Narrator

Sara Dosa

Screenwriter

Jocelyne Chaput

Screenwriter

Erin Casper

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Movie Info

Synopsis Facing the death of his country's glaciers and the loss of his beloved grandparents, Icelandic writer Andri Snær Magnason turns his archives into a time capsule to hold what is slipping away -- family, memory, time, and water.
Director
Sara Dosa
Producer
Shane Boris, Elijah Stevenson, Jameka Autry, Sara Dosa
Screenwriter
Sara Dosa, Jocelyne Chaput, Erin Casper, Andri Snær Magnason
Production Co
National Geographic Documentary Films
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
Icelandic
Runtime
1h 30m