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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:

Milosevic on Trial - imageMilosevic on Trial

Four years of the trial of Slobodan Milosevic, charged with 66 counts of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide for his role in the conflict in the former Yugoslavia.

Icarus Films | 2007 | 69 minutes | 8-12, College, Adult
Mina's Recipe Book - imageMina's Recipe Book

Before dying of starvation in a concentration camp, Mina carefully recorded her favorite recipes, hoping they would somehow make it to her daughter overseas.

Icarus Films | 2007 | 45 minutes
Miners Shot Down - imageMiners Shot Down

The story the 2012 miner's strike in South Africa, where police opened fire of the striking workers, killing 34.

Icarus Films | 2014 | 86 minutes | 8-12, COLLEGE, ADULT
Minute Bodies: The Intimate World Of F. Percy Smith - imageMinute Bodies: The Intimate World Of F. Percy Smith

A tribute to the astonishing work and achievements of naturalist, inventor and pioneering British filmmaker F. Percy Smith (1880-1945).

Icarus Films | 2016 | 55 minutes
Miss Kiet's Children - imageMiss Kiet's Children

In a Dutch classroom, refugee children learn alongside locals under Miss Kiet's firm but loving hand.

Icarus Films | 2016 | 113 minutes
Mobutu, King of Zaire - Part 1 - imageMobutu, King of Zaire - Part 1

Part one of the definitive history and visual record of the rise and fall of Joseph Désiré Mobutu, ruler of Zaire (the Congo) for over 30 years.

Icarus Films | 2000 | 51 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Mobutu, King of Zaire - Part 2 - imageMobutu, King of Zaire - Part 2

Part two of the definitive history and visual record of the rise and fall of Joseph Désiré Mobutu, ruler of Zaire (the Congo) for over 30 years.

Icarus Films | 2000 | 51 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Mobutu, King of Zaire - Part 3 - imageMobutu, King of Zaire - Part 3

Part three of the definitive history and visual record of the rise and fall of Joseph Désiré Mobutu, ruler of Zaire (the Congo) for over 30 years.

Icarus Films | 2000 | 58 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Moi, Un Noir - imageMoi, Un Noir

In this landmark documentary, Jean Rouch collaborates with his subjects to produce a complex portrait of Nigerien migrants in Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire.

Icarus Films | 1958 | 70 minutes | 8-12, COLLEGE, ADULT
Mothers - imageMothers

Mothers is a gripping cinema verite documentary that shows how China's one-child policy plays out in the daily lives of women in a northern Chinese village.

dGenerate Films | 2013 | 68 minutes | 8-12, COLLEGE, ADULT

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