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Showing 1 - 10 of 64 titles with a criteria of Subject is Literature
All the World's Memory
An exploration of the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris.
Icarus Films | 1956 | 21 minutes
Almayer's Folly
Narrative film adaptation by Chantal Akerman of Joseph Conrad's first novel, following a European man living in Southeast Asia and his half-indigenous daughter.
Icarus Films | 2011 | 127 minutes
The Art of Being Human
A remarkable artist who helps us see the humanity in others.
Bullfrog Films | 1995 | 28 minutes
Bestseller
Why do some books become bestsellers? This documentary examines the phenomenon in today's global publishing industry.
Icarus Films | 2006 | 52 minutes
Bruly Bouabré's Alphabet
In the 1950's, Ivory Coast artist Bruly Bouabré created hundreds of pictograms based on one-syllable words in his language, Bété.
Icarus Films | 2005 | 17 minutes
Colette
A fascinating visit with the legendary writer in her Paris apartment on the Palais Royal circa 1951. And Jean Cocteau drops by.
Icarus Films | 1951 | 29 minutes
Draw Me Saint-Exupery
On the 31st of July 1944, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry disappeared over the Mediterranean Sea. With this mystery, a myth was born. Who was the man whose book The Little Prince was translated into more than 250 languages and dialects?
Andana Films | 2017 | 52 minutes
Duncan Campbell Scott: The Poet and the Indians
The story of the prominent early Canadian literary figure - who was also a civil servant responsible for a brutal Native assimilation program.
Icarus Films | 1995 | 57 minutes
Edward Said: The Last Interview
An extended discussion with Prof. Edward Said filmed less than a year before his death. The noted literary critic and Palestinian activist delivers his final testament about his life and work as a committed intellectual.
Icarus Films | 2004 | 114 minutes
El Poeta
After his only son is murdered in the Mexican drug war, a mystic poet launches an international crusade to save his country.
Bullfrog Films | 2016 | 55 minutes
