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The Docuseek Canadian Collection (subscription)

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The Docuseek Canadian Collection (subscription) includes the following titles:

Investigation of a Flame - imageInvestigation of a Flame

An intimate look at the Catonsville Nine who on May 17, 1968 walked into a Catonsville, Maryland draft board office, grabbed hundreds of selective service records and incinerated them with homemade napalm.

Icarus Films | 2001 | 45 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
The Last Happy Day - imageThe Last Happy Day

A portrait of a doctor who saw the worst of society and ran.

Icarus Films | 2015 | 37 minutes
Starfish Aorta Colossus - imageStarfish Aorta Colossus

Paolo Javier’s text is a catalyst for the digital sculpting of an 8mm Kodachrome canvas.

Icarus Films | 2015 | 5 minutes
Your Day is My Night - imageYour Day is My Night

In this provocative, hybrid documentary, the audience joins a present-day household of immigrants living together in a shift-bed apartment in the heart of Chinatown.

Icarus Films | 2013 | 64 minutes
Blowback - imageBlowback

BLOWBACK is a dynamic exploration of the representation of the wars in Iraq (2003-2011) and Afghanistan (2001-2021) in world cinema which argues that films function as resonant cultural artifacts that shape how the conflicts come to be understood and remembered by audiences at the time, and those of generations to come.

Bullfrog Films | 2019 | 30 minutes | 10-12, College, Adults
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
Frenemies - imageFrenemies

Presents a balanced portrait of Cuban life today and a compelling argument for why the US should lift the devastating 60-year embargo.

Bullfrog Films | 2020 | 87 minutes | 10-12, College, Adults
Alan Magee: art is not a solace - imageAlan Magee: art is not a solace

Alan Magee: art is not a solace explores the artist’s subjects, locales, and the historical sources which have sustained his work for five decades. Through his paintings, sculpture, monotypes, music and short films, Magee asks viewers to consider the breadth of human behavior and experience.

Bullfrog Films | 2019 | 60 minutes
A Distant Thud in the Jungle - imageA Distant Thud in the Jungle

In Papua New Guinea, local tribes are caught in a cycle of poverty due to oil companies looking for new fields and tourists in search of exoticism.

Icarus Films | 2022 | 85 minutes
On the French Riviera with Man Ray and Picasso - imageOn the French Riviera with Man Ray and Picasso

More than a surrealist travel diary, our film tells the story of the friendship between a group of painters, photographers and poets who are passionate about art.

Icarus Films | 2021 | 53 minutes

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