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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:

From The Other Side - imageFrom The Other Side

Using technology developed for the military, the flow of illegal immigration into San Diego has been stemmed. But for the desperate, there are still the dangerous deserts of Arizona, where Chantal Akerman shifts her focus.

Icarus Films | 2002 | 99 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Fundi: The Story of Ella Baker - imageFundi: The Story of Ella Baker

Friend and advisor to Martin Luther King, FUNDI reveals the instrumental role that Ella Baker played in shaping the American civil rights movement.

Icarus Films | 1981 | 63 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult
Future of Mud - imageFuture of Mud

This is the story of Komusa Tenapo, master mason and heir to the secrets of Djenne architecture, the traditional use of mud in Malian buildings.

Icarus Films | 2007 | 58 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Futures Market - imageFutures Market

Traces the connections between memory, public space, and the real estate bubbles that led to the international financial crisis.

Icarus Films | 2011 | 110 minutes | 8-12, College, Adult
Gabo: The Creation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez - imageGabo: The Creation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The story of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, author of One Hundred Years of Solitude and Nobel Prize winner.

Icarus Films | 2015 | 90 minutes
Ghosts of Attica - imageGhosts of Attica

The definitive account of America's most violent prison rebellion, its deadly suppression, the days of torture that ensued, and the almost 30 year legal case that followed.

Icarus Films | 2001 | 90 minutes | 11-12, College, Adult
Golden Slumbers - imageGolden Slumbers

An inventively directed history of the lost Cambodian cinema.

Icarus Films | 2012 | 96 minutes | 8-12, COLLEGE, ADULT
Goodbye Mubarak! - imageGoodbye Mubarak!
Egypt in the months leading up to the Tahrir Square demonstrations and a revolution already simmering under the surface.
Icarus Films | 2011 | 72 minutes | 9-12, COLLEGE, ADULT
Grand Paris - imageGrand Paris

French President Nicolas Sarkozy wants to turn Paris into the model super-metropolis for the 21st century, and plenty of world-class architects would like the job.

Icarus Films | 2009 | 50 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult
Grassroots in Dry Lands - imageGrassroots in Dry Lands

Tells the story of three unconventional social workers united by a common vision that transcends the antagonisms between their countries.

Icarus Films | 2015 | 52 minutes

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