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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:

Great Expectations - imageGreat Expectations

A journey through innovative, futuristic, utopian and sometimes bizarre architecture projects.

Icarus Films | 2007 | 52 minutes | 7-9, 10-12, College, Adult
Gringo Trails - imageGringo Trails

A global survey of the impacts on cultures, economies, and the environment of the most powerful globalizing force of our time: tourism.

Icarus Films | 2013 | 79 minutes | 8-12, COLLEGE, ADULT
Guanape Sur - imageGuanape Sur

A barren rock island off the coast of Peru. Every eleven years hundreds of men come here, to dig up guano, the shit the birds leave behind.

Icarus Films | 2010 | 27 minutes | 8-12, College, Adult
Guerrilla Grannies - imageGuerrilla Grannies

Filmmaker Ike Bertels' portrait of three women veterans of the Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) offers an intimate view of Mozambique's history since its 1975 independence.

Icarus Films | 2012 | 80 minutes | 8-12, COLLEGE, ADULT
Guns and Mothers - imageGuns and Mothers

The contentious debate over gun control, as seen through the eyes of two mothers on opposite sides of the issue.

Icarus Films | 2003 | 53 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
H2Omx - imageH2Omx

Can a mega-city mobilize its 22 million citizens to become water sustainable?

Icarus Films | 2013 | 82 minutes
Hamou-Beya, Sand Fishers - imageHamou-Beya, Sand Fishers

For generations the Bozo people of Mali lived along the banks of the Niger river, fishing for their livelihood. But now...

Icarus Films | 2012 | 72 minutes
Hats of Jerusalem - imageHats of Jerusalem

Jerusalem can rightfully be called the hat capital of the world, and this colorful and personal trip takes us along the diverse headdresses of the three religions populating the city.

Icarus Films | 2006 | 52 minutes | 7-9, 10-12, College, Adult
Heimat is a Space in Time - imageHeimat is a Space in Time

Exploring his family’s history over generations, director Thomas Heise confronts all the upheavals of 20th-century German history.

Icarus Films | 2019 | 218 minutes
Henry Miller - imageHenry Miller

An intimate and revealing look at Henry Miller, and his life and work through this program from the archives that originally aired on television in Quebec in 1969.

Icarus Films | 1969 | 58 minutes | 9-12, college, adult

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