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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:

Just Ancient Loops

A short film based on research by Walter Murch, relating orbits to harmonics.

Hypnotic Pictures | 2012 | 26 minutes
Justice - imageJustice

Takes a camera where few have been, a criminal courtroom in Rio de Janeiro, to record the social theatre, the structures of power, what is usually invisible.

Icarus Films | 2005 | 102 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Justice and the Generals - imageJustice and the Generals

Investigates the human rights and legal issues involved when two Salvadoran generals are sued in an American court for atrocities (such as the murder of four American churchwomen) committed during El Salvador's civil war.

Icarus Films | 2002 | 86 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Justice at Agadez - imageJustice at Agadez

Agadez, Niger: Alongside the laws of the state, another judicial system exists. The living heritage of the Muslim tradition.

Icarus Films | 2005 | 78 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
K.O.R. - imageK.O.R.

An insider's look at Poland's dissident Workers Defense Committee - and how the group's actions led directly to the formation of the Solidarity union and the end of Poland's Communist regime.

Icarus Films | 2009 | 56 minutes | 8-12, college, adult
Kapitalism: Our Secret Recipe - imageKapitalism: Our Secret Recipe
Twenty years after Ceausescu, Romanian GDP is low and infrastructure poor. Featuring interviews with the oligarchs who control the Romanian economy, this documentary seeks to find out what happened.
Icarus Films | 2010 | 55 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Karayuki-San, The Making of a Prostitute - imageKarayuki-San, The Making of a Prostitute

Frank and harrowing testimony of the horrific sexual slavery and wartime experiences of the Karayuki-San, Japanese girls and women were trafficked out of Japan as indentured prostitutes.

Icarus Films | 1975 | 75 minutes | 8-12, COLLEGE, ADULT
Karl Polanyi, The Human Factor - imageKarl Polanyi, The Human Factor

An exploration of the life and work of Karl Polanyi, who sought to reintegrate society and economy. Could the commodification of labor and money ultimately be as disastrous as floods, drought and earthquakes?

Icarus Films | 2014 | 53 minutes
Kentridge and Dumas in Conversation - imageKentridge and Dumas in Conversation

The two South African artists speak frankly about their work, their studio practice, their inspirations, and the challenges of success.

Icarus Films | 2009 | 72 minutes
Keynes vs Hayek: A Fake Debate? - imageKeynes vs Hayek: A Fake Debate?

The ideological divide between the philosophies of John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich Hayek has dominated economics for nearly a century. Is it time for the pendulum to swing back to Keynes? Or do we need a whole new approach that goes beyond this dualism?(Episode 5 of the Capitalism series)

Icarus Films | 2014 | 53 minutes

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