HeimÞrá: In Thrall to Home (2018)
Doubting details of her mother’s deathbed story, a skeptical daughter drags her brother on a genealogical goose chase through the Canadian prairies to the remote Icelandic highland. Determined to prove her mother spun tall tales, Erika delves into a basement full of file boxes only to find that family history triggers her own obsessive curiosity. Holed up with stacks of diaries, letters and pictures, Erika becomes spellbound by her increasing sense of belonging to an unfolding story.
Director: Erika MacPherson
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Erika MacPherson as Self |
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Arne MacPherson as Self |
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Lillian Vilborg Bjarnason MacPherson as Self (voice) |
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Shannon Miller as Self |
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Stanley Miller as Self |
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Anna Guðný Halldórsdóttir as Self |
| Directing | Erika MacPherson | Director |
| Editing | Erika MacPherson | Editor |
| Sound | John K. Samson | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Christine Fellows | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Cam Loeppky | Music Sound Design and Processing |
| Camera | Wendy Buelow | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Nate Smith | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Rob Kokesch | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Bruce Claydon | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Arne MacPherson | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Erika MacPherson | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Solmund MacPherson | Assistant Camera |
| Crew | Ryan Klatt | Drone Operator |
| Sound | Anita Lubosch | Sound Designer |
| Editing | Bruce Little | Online Editor |
| Sound | Bruce Little | Sound Mixer |
| Writing | Arne MacPherson | Story Supervisor |
| Editing | Marcel Kreutzer | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Leanne Zacharias | Musician |
| Sound | Jason Tait | Musician |
| Sound | Greg Smith | Musician |
| Sound | Rob Kokesch | Boom Operator |
| Crew | Rob Kokesch | Driver |
| Art | Grant MacDonald | Set Designer |
| Writing | Anne Brydon | Story Supervisor |
| Writing | Christine Fellows | Story Supervisor |
| Writing | John K. Samson | Story Supervisor |
| Production | Sarah Kucheran | Production Assistant |
| Production | Erika MacPherson | Producer |
| Camera | Anne Brydon | Still Photographer |
| Production | Kim Bell | Production Manager |
| Production | Cam Bennett | Executive Producer |
| Production | Sharon Thompson | Research Assistant |