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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:

Neither Allah, Nor Master! - imageNeither Allah, Nor Master!

An explosive, personal look at secularism in the Muslim country of Tunisia.

Icarus Films | 2011 | 71 minutes | 9-12, COLLEGE, ADULT
No Home Movie - imageNo Home Movie

This final film from groundbreaking auteur Chantal Akerman is a portrait of her relationship with her mother, Natalia, a Holocaust survivor and familiar presence in many of her daughter's films.

Icarus Films | 2015 | 115 minutes
No Loans Today - imageNo Loans Today

Fringe banking in redlined, post-riot South Central Los Angeles.

Icarus Films | 1995 | 55 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
North-South.com - imageNorth-South.com

In West Africa many young women, who dream of escaping a life of misery by marrying a rich, white foreigner, surf the Internet for marriage proposals.

Icarus Films | 2007 | 53 minutes | 9-12, college, adult
Northern Light - imageNorthern Light

A beautiful and candid portrait of the American working class experience set against the backdrop of a town's snowmobile race.

Icarus Films | 2013 | 105 minutes | 8-12, COLLEGE, ADULT
Nostalgia for the Light - imageNostalgia for the Light

Director Patricio Guzmán travels to Chile's Atacama Desert where astronomers examine distant galaxies, archaeologists uncover traces of ancient civilizations, and women dig for the remains of disappeared relatives.

Icarus Films | 2010 | 90 minutes | 9-12, college, adult
Nothing is Forgiven - imageNothing is Forgiven

An intimate portrait Moroccan immigrant Zineb who found a home at the famous satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

First Hand Films | 2017 | 61 minutes
Now He's Out in Public and Everyone Can See - imageNow He's Out in Public and Everyone Can See

Online videos diaries are stitched together into a dense, polyphonic essay on race and identity.

Icarus Films | 2017 | 24 minutes
O Amor Natural - imageO Amor Natural

The erotic poetry of one of the greatest Latin American poets of the 20th century, the Brazilian Carlos Drummond de Andrade.

Icarus Films | 2007 | 76 minutes | College, Adult
Oblivion - imageOblivion

Heddy Honigmann's latest film focuses on Peru's capital city of Lima, revealing the contrasts of wealth and poverty, and how its poorest citizens have survived decades of economic crisis and corruption.

Icarus Films | 2008 | 93 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult

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