Browse Films
Showing 1 - 10 of 92 titles with a criteria of Subject is Languages and Literature
All the World's Memory
An exploration of the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris.
Icarus Films | 1956 | 21 minutes
Almayer's Folly
Narrative film adaptation by Chantal Akerman of Joseph Conrad's first novel, following a European man living in Southeast Asia and his half-indigenous daughter.
Icarus Films | 2011 | 127 minutes
Anne Clark – I’ll Walk Out Into Tomorrow
The film chronicles the work of the English poet and spoken word-artist Anne Clark. Shaped by punk she pioneered electronic music with her pre-techno classics "Sleeper In Metropolis" and "Our Darkness" and hugely impacted generations of musicians.
Deckert Distribution | 2017 | 81 minutes
The Art of Being Human
A remarkable artist who helps us see the humanity in others.
Bullfrog Films | 1995 | 28 minutes
Artists & Love: Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore
A story of an ardent love between two women with heroic destinies, united through life and death.
Icarus Films | 2020 | 26 minutes
Bestseller
Why do some books become bestsellers? This documentary examines the phenomenon in today's global publishing industry.
Icarus Films | 2006 | 52 minutes
Bruly Bouabré's Alphabet
In the 1950's, Ivory Coast artist Bruly Bouabré created hundreds of pictograms based on one-syllable words in his language, Bété.
Icarus Films | 2005 | 17 minutes
Carface (Autos Portraits)
A biting animated satire of our Big Oil-based civilization.
National Film Board of Canada | 2015 | 5 minutes
Circuit Earth
Shot throughout Philadelphia during the first Earth Week in 1970, the film features community groups, citizens and celebrities reflecting on the crisis facing the planet.
Bullfrog Films | 1971 | 43 minutes
Colette
A fascinating visit with the legendary writer in her Paris apartment on the Palais Royal circa 1951. And Jean Cocteau drops by.
Icarus Films | 1951 | 29 minutes