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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:

Food Design - imageFood Design

A look inside the secret chambers where designers and scientists are defining your favorite mouthful of tomorrow.

Icarus Films | 2009 | 52 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult
For the Best and for the Onion! - imageFor the Best and for the Onion!

A verite documentary that captures the rhythms of agricultural life in Niger, and how the vagaries of market price and harvest can affect the most intimate personal decisions.

Icarus Films | 2008 | 52 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult
Forced Confessions - imageForced Confessions

The untold story of the Iranian regime's bizarre obsession with forced confessions since 1979.

Icarus Films | 2013 | 58 minutes | 8-12, COLLEGE, ADULT
Forever - imageForever

A poignant tour of the importance of art in the lives of visitors to the Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris, the final resting place for legendary writers, composers, painters and other artists from around the world.

Icarus Films | 2006 | 95 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult
Forgotten World - imageForgotten World

The Bokoni are a historic maze of stone circles, terraces and engravings linked by stone passages located in South Africa, indexing successive stages of settlement in pre-colonial Africa.

Icarus Films | 2015 | 52 minutes
Foucault Against Himself - imageFoucault Against Himself

Captures the energy and fierce intellect of the man, introducing us to some of the key elements of his work, while also acknowledging - and even celebrating - its many contradictions.

Icarus Films | 2014 | 52 minutes | 8-12, COLLEGE, ADULT
Fragments of a Revolution - imageFragments of a Revolution

A view of the Iranian Green Revolution protest movement, which followed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's disputed 2009 election victory.

Icarus Films | 2011 | 57 minutes | 9-12, College,Adult
France (Les Habitants) - imageFrance (Les Habitants)

Documentarist Raymond Depardon travels through provincial France in a camper, gathering conversations with people from all walks of life.

Icarus Films | 2015 | 84 minutes
Free Lunch Society - imageFree Lunch Society

Background information on the idea of unconditional basic income and searches for explanations, possibilities and experiences regarding its implementation.

Icarus Films | 2017 | 92 minutes
From Courtyard House to Block Apartment - imageFrom Courtyard House to Block Apartment

Examines the impact of rapid industrialization on traditional Chinese housing styles and ways of living.

Icarus Films | 1987 | 23 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult

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