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Showing 1 - 10 of 96 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

Bomb It 2!

Jon Reiss and his crew travel to Asia, Australia, the Middle East and beyond, exploring the local graffiti scenes and artists. Follow-up to the groundbreaking street art documentary Bomb It!.

Collective Eye Films | 2010 | 83 minutes

Bomb It!

Tells the story of contemporary graffiti, tracing its roots in ancient rock paintings through Picasso to its place in hip-hop culture in 1970's New York City.

Collective Eye Films | 2007 | 93 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