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The Taxi Driver From Pakistan

Posted in Iceland by Jon Gustafsson on February 11, 2007

Icelanders have been making a bit of a splash in Danish busines lately. Some people say that the Danes are a bit sensitive over the whole thing. I went drinking in downtown Reykjavik with a friend last night. The bars were packed as usual. My friend told me about his recent trip to Denmark. The Pakistani taxi driver told him that he loves Icelandic people, not for their hard work and for what they have been building up in Denmark, but because they are now so hated in Denmark that they have “taken the pressure of other immigrant groups”. Anyway, we ran into a journalist from one of the TV stations.
He asked if he could get to see Wrath Of Gods because he has heard so much about it. He is hoping that it will restore his faith in the Icelandic documentary world. It is true, we have a very poor documentary tradition over here, and a very limited knowledge and understanding of what a documentary is. We need to make more documentaries in this country.

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