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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:

Mr. CO2 - imageMr. CO2

Traveling from Copenhagen to China, and from Australia to the US, this documentary looks at the state of carbon emissions and efforts to rein them in.

Icarus Films | 2010 | 52 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult
Mrs. B., A North Korean Woman - imageMrs. B., A North Korean Woman

Attempting to escape North Korea, Mrs. B. is sold by smugglers to a Chinese farmer. She becomes a smuggler herself and struggles to reunite with her sons, but the secret service gets involved...

Icarus Films | 2016 | 71 minutes
Ms. Conceptions - imageMs. Conceptions

A look at single thirty-something women who are choosing artificial insemination as the route to motherhood, as well as the industry that has grown up to serve them.

Icarus Films | 1995 | 56 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Mustapha Kemal Ataturk - imageMustapha Kemal Ataturk
The story of the founder of the Republic of Turkey, called Ataturk ('the father of the Turks').
Icarus Films | 2005 | 52 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult
My Father's House - imageMy Father's House

A rare glimpse inside an immigrant African community in China.

dGenerate Films | 2011 | 77 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult
Naji Al-Ali - imageNaji Al-Ali

Examines the forces that shaped cartoonist Naji Al-Ali as an artist, as a human being, and shows how his experiences mirror those of other exiled Palestinians.

Icarus Films | 1999 | 52 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Nanjing - imageNanjing

Till today the history of the 1937 'Rape of Nanking' is a point of contention between China and Japan. How is it seen in each country, and can a shared memory ever be constructed?

Icarus Films | 2006 | 53 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Nasser's Republic, The Making of Modern Egypt - imageNasser's Republic, The Making of Modern Egypt

Fascinating and comprehensive documentary on the Egyptian president who led the country from 1952 until his death in 1970.

Mermaid House | 2016 | 82 minutes
National Diploma - imageNational Diploma

A group of Congo's high school students desperately tries to pass their final exam in order to graduate.

Icarus Films | 2014 | 92 minutes
Nefertiti's Daughters - imageNefertiti's Daughters

Female street artists are on the front lines in the fight for freedom in Egypt today.

Icarus Films | 2015 | 40 minutes

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