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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 collection includes the following titles:

Delphine's Prayers - imageDelphine's Prayers

A portait of Delphine, a Cameroonian woman who turned to prostitution to support her family.

Icarus Films | 2021 | 91 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
Denial - imageDenial

A long overdue investigation into the 1981 El Mozote massacre in El Salvador, and the Reagan administration's cover-up of it.

Icarus Films | 1995 | 57 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Derrida's Elsewhere - imageDerrida's Elsewhere

An exploration of the life and ideas of Jacques Derrida (1930-2004), arguably the most important philosopher of the 20th Century.

Icarus Films | 2000 | 68 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Devils Don't Dream! - imageDevils Don't Dream!

Analysis of the CIA-sponsored 1954 coup in Guatemala.

Icarus Films | 1995 | 90 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Die Before Blossom - imageDie Before Blossom

The rising importance of Islamic values in an Indonesian public school is apparent in this portrait of modern schoolgirls Kiki and Dila.

Icarus Films | 2014 | 89 minutes
Directing Actors by Jean Renoir - imageDirecting Actors by Jean Renoir

How Jean Renoir gradually guides an actress into the essence of her role.

Icarus Films | 1968 | 22 minutes
Disco and Atomic War - imageDisco and Atomic War

The Soviet regime in Estonia went head to head with J.R. Ewing and the heroes of Western television...and lost.

Icarus Films | 2009 | 80 minutes | 9-12, COLLEGE, ADULT
Disorder - imageDisorder

Huang Weikai collects footage from a dozen amateur videographers and weaves them into a unique symphony of urban social dysfunction.

dGenerate Films | 2009 | 58 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult

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