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Showing 1 - 10 of 46 titles with a criteria of Subject is Documentary Films
Around India with a Movie Camera
Sandhya Suri skillfully weaves together archival footage—including hand colored sequences and a new score—to create a story about life across India from 1899 to 1947.
Icarus Films | 2018 | 72 minutes
A Baptism of Fire
A new generation of freelance photographers flies low-cost to war zones on their own dime in the hope of selling images to printed media or websites.
Icarus Films | 2015 | 52 minutes
Beyond My Grandfather Allende
Director Marcia Tambutti Allende seeks to understand the man behind the legend that was her grandfather, Salvador Allende.
Icarus Films | 2015 | 98 minutes
A Boatload of Wild Irishmen
The life and work of legendary director Robert Flaherty ('Nanook of the North'), the 'father of documentary.' This title has one or more clips.
Icarus Films | 2011 | 84 minutes
Chantal Akerman, From Here
A conversation with Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman about her films and her directorial philosophy.
Icarus Films | 2010 | 62 minutes
The Chicago Maternity Center Story
The struggle to keep the Chicago Maternity Center open after 75 years.
Kartemquin Films | 1976 | 60 minutes
Cinema Novo
An intricately edited documentary composed of film clips from the major works of the Brazilian 'Cinema Novo' movement and period interviews with its leading filmmakers.
Icarus Films | 2016 | 90 minutes
Circuit Earth
Shot throughout Philadelphia during the first Earth Week in 1970, the film features community groups, citizens and celebrities reflecting on the crisis facing the planet.
Bullfrog Films | 1971 | 43 minutes
Dam/Age
Traces writer Arundhati Roy's bold and controversial campaign against the Narmada dam project in India.
Icarus Films | 2002 | 50 minutes
Dead Souls - Part I
Part I of Wang Bing's powerful film of survivors of the Chinese Communist Party’s Anti-Rightist campaign of 1957 reeducation camps.
dGenerate Films | 2018 | 166 minutes