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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:

Ladies in Waiting - imageLadies in Waiting

A profile of the Kitambo maternity clinic in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, revealing the pressures of economic forces on health care delivery in poor countries.

Icarus Films | 2009 | 24 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult
Lagos / Koolhaas - imageLagos / Koolhaas

Renowned architect Rem Koolhaas and students from The Harvard Project on the City explore Lagos, Nigeria, interpreting the chaotic city in an innovative, surprising way.

Icarus Films | 2002 | 55 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Last Grave at Dimbaza - imageLast Grave at Dimbaza

Shot secretly and smuggled out of South Africa at the height of the apartheid era, this was the most widely screened and influential anti-apartheid documentary.

Icarus Films | 1974 | 55 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Last Summer Won't Happen - imageLast Summer Won't Happen

Shot in 1968, this is a critical yet sympathetic examination of the anti-war movement in New York City.

Icarus Films | 2002 | 58 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Latest News from the Cosmos - imageLatest News from the Cosmos

It wasn't until Helene was 20 years old that her parents discovered that their autistic daughter was able not only communicate, but to write deeply complex, philosophical and poetic work.

Icarus Films | 2016 | 85 minutes
Le Joli Mai - imageLe Joli Mai

Chris Marker and Pierre Lhomme's legendary portrait of Paris and Parisians at the close of the Algerian war.

Icarus Films | 1963 | 145 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Leninland - imageLeninland

The world's largest museum devoted to Lenin offers a 'true Soviet-era experience.' But can it survive in the new Russia?

Icarus Films | 2013 | 52 minutes
Let the Church Say Amen! - imageLet the Church Say Amen!

Noted filmmaker St. Clair Bourne follows an African-American minister in training as he travels through the South.

Icarus Films | 1973 | 67 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult
Level Five - imageLevel Five

Laura is designing a computer game about the battle of Okinawa, but the enterprise begins to intertwine and then interfere with her life. From Chris Marker.

Icarus Films | 1996 | 106 minutes | 8-12, COLLEGE, ADULT
Liberation: The User's Guide - imageLiberation: The User's Guide

Julia, Ina, Olga and Katia are inmates held in a Siberian mental facility against their wishes.

Icarus Films | 2016 | 80 minutes

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