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The Icarus Films Collection

Icarus Films is a leading distributor of documentary film. With over 40 years in the film distribution business, Icarus Films has assembled an impressive collection in many area of social and political concern. According to their site,

We are dedicated distributing films about people and ideas too often unseen or unheard. Although we specialize in social, political, and historical documentaries, our collection includes a wide range of films with varying creative approaches and themes. We work with filmmakers and independent production companies from all around the world, seeking out films that provide innovative and informative views of a rapidly changing world.

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The Icarus Films Collection includes the following titles:

Dam/Age - imageDam/Age

Traces writer Arundhati Roy's bold and controversial campaign against the Narmada dam project in India.

Icarus Films | 2002 | 50 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Damages - imageDamages

Behind the scenes at Koskoff, Koskoff and Bieder, a leading law firm specializing in personal injury cases.

Icarus Films | 2008 | 69 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult
Dark Star: H. R. Giger's World - imageDark Star: H. R. Giger's World

A mesmerizing introduction to surrealist artist H. R. Giger's oeuvre, who terrified audiences with the monsters of the Alien films; and an intimate look at last years of the artist's life.

Icarus Films | 2014 | 95 minutes
Dear Dr. Spencer - imageDear Dr. Spencer

The story of Dr. Robert Douglas Spencer, who, in addition to providing routine care to his rural Pennsylvania town, also helped women with, what at the time were illegal, abortions.

Icarus Films | 1998 | 25 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Death On Request - imageDeath On Request

Controversial documentary records the last days - and actual death - of a Dutch man who chose euthanasia to end his suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Icarus Films | 1994 | 57 minutes | College, Adult
Death Squadrons - imageDeath Squadrons

The previously untold story of how the French military trained Latin American death squads in the 60s and 70s (and even U.S. Special Forces in the early days of our Vietnam War).

Icarus Films | 2004 | 60 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Decasia - imageDecasia

A legendary cinematic exploration of the beauty of decaying archival footage by experimental film artist Bill Morrison. Music by Michael Gordon.

Icarus Films | 2002 | 67 minutes
December Days - imageDecember Days

Shows some of the ways in which the Cuban military mission to Angola - a massive solidarity effort from a small country - touched the lives of ordinary Cubans.

Icarus Films | 2016 | 45 minutes
Democracy Road - imageDemocracy Road

A documentary road movie following the journalists of Burmese independent radio station DVB in Myanmar in a critical phase of the establishment of the newborn democracy.

Icarus Films | 2016 | 60 minutes
Democracy on Deadline - imageDemocracy on Deadline

A survey of journalists working in various media and languages around the world, as they grapple with their relationships to government, and the dangers of speaking truth to power.

Icarus Films | 2006 | 114 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult

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