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.
Docuseek is proud to provide streaming for over 560 of Icarus Films's most distinctive titles.
The Icarus Films Collection includes the following titles:
Revisits 70 years of communist power in the Eastern Bloc through the prism of sexuality.
Akerman spends a brief period on her own in an apartment by the sea in Tel Aviv, contemplating her family, her Jewish identity and her childhood.
Five people in a Rust Belt town struggle to reinvent their lives and their dreams in contemporary America.
An exploration of the design and philosophy behind a 20 year-old experimental, ecological collective housing project in the center of Berlin.
Takes a sharp but disarming approach in examining the romance of gambling, and reveals the decidedly unromantic reality.
Tilda Swinton's narration and a treasure trove of rare archival footage trace the origins of today's hyper-connected world.
Exposes the massacre, cover-up, and the years of denial of what was undoubtedly one of the darkest nights in the history of France.
The story of the prominent early Canadian literary figure - who was also a civil servant responsible for a brutal Native assimilation program.
The story of 120 years of gold mining and racial capitalism leads to disease and extreme poverty which endures into the present.
After 20 years, the filmmaker revisits a group of young punks who struggled with the communist regime during the early 80s.
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