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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:

Ricardo and Malthus: Did You Say Freedom? - imageRicardo and Malthus: Did You Say Freedom?

The roots of today's global trade agreements lie in the work of stockbroker David Ricardo and demographer Thomas Malthus. Together, they would restructure society in the image of the market. (Episode 3 of the Capitalism series)

Icarus Films | 2014 | 53 minutes
Rocky Road to Dublin - imageRocky Road to Dublin

The last film screened at the Cannes Film Festival in 1968. A provocative, biting portrayal of 1960s Ireland: the stultifying educational system, the repressive, reactionary clergy, and the myopic cultural nationalism.

Icarus Films | 1967 | 67 minutes | College, Adult
Roque Dalton - imageRoque Dalton

It was once illegal to read books by Roque Dalton, one of El Salvador's most celebrated poets, in his own country.

Icarus Films | 2013 | 85 minutes
SPK Complex - imageSPK Complex

The untold story of the anti-psychiatric "Socialist Patient's Collective" in Germany, from the 1970s.

Icarus Films | 2018 | 111 minutes
Sacred Soil - imageSacred Soil

The Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation exhumes up to 1,000 bodies a year to identify them, and return the remains to their families.

Icarus Films | 2008 | 22 minutes | 8-12, COLLEGE, ADULT
Sacred Water - imageSacred Water

Immerses the viewer into a modern Rwanda rediscovering its heritage in a most secret way: female pleasure.

Icarus Films | 2017 | 60 minutes
Salvador Allende - imageSalvador Allende

Patricio Guzmán tells Allende's story, from his youth in Valparaiso and his early career, to his presidency of Chile and death during the coup of September 11, 1973.

Icarus Films | 2004 | 100 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Santiago Calatrava's Travels - imageSantiago Calatrava's Travels

A fascinating portrait of world famous artist, engineer, architect and urban studies scholar Santiago Calatrava, and an interdisciplinary reflection on the perception and impact of architecture.

Icarus Films | 1999 | 77 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult
Saving Mes Aynak - imageSaving Mes Aynak

Afghan archaeologist Qadir Temori races against time to save a 5,000-year-old archaeological site from imminent demolition.

Icarus Films | 2015 | 58 minutes
Scars of Memory - imageScars of Memory

An oral history of the 1932 massacre of 10,000 El Salvadorans, a trauma that has resonated through six decades of military rule, until the 1992 peace accords ended a brutal, 12-year civil war.

Icarus Films | 2002 | 53 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult

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