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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:

School of Babel - imageSchool of Babel

Welcome to one Parisian school's program for newly arrived immigrant children from all over the world.

Icarus Films | 2013 | 89 minutes
Second Time Around - imageSecond Time Around

The complexities of contemporary American marriage.

Icarus Films | 1982 | 60 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Secret Museums - imageSecret Museums

For millenia erotic art has been created, often by some of the world's best-known artists. But it is rarely on public display.

Icarus Films | 2008 | 77 minutes | College, Adult
Seed Battles - imageSeed Battles

Deep inside a mountain in snow-covered Spitsbergen is the Global Seed Vault, an attempt to collect and preserve seeds of all food crops in the world. But to whom do the seeds belong?

Icarus Films | 2014 | 50 minutes
Seeds of Hunger - imageSeeds of Hunger

A global investigation into the evolving nature of food production, and the crisis it may portend.

Icarus Films | 2008 | 52 minutes | 8-12, College, Adult
Seeing is Believing - imageSeeing is Believing

From Rodney King to Osama bin Laden, handicams aren't just for weddings and vacations anymore!

Icarus Films | 2002 | 58 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult
Selling Sickness - imageSelling Sickness

Explores the unhealthy relationships between society, medical science and the pharmaceutical industry as it promotes not just drugs but also the latest diseases that go with them.

Icarus Films | 2004 | 52 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult
Senso Daughters - imageSenso Daughters

Investigates the Japanese army's mistreatment of New Guinean women and 'comfort girls.'

Icarus Films | 1989 | 54 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Sermons and Sacred Pictures - imageSermons and Sacred Pictures

Profiles Reverend L.O. Taylor, a Baptist minister and inspired photographer / filmmaker who documented the fabric of black American life prior to the civil rights movement.

Icarus Films | 2004 | 29 minutes | 8-12, College, Adult
Seven Songs for Malcolm X - imageSeven Songs for Malcolm X

An homage to the inspirational African-American civil rights leader.

Icarus Films | 1993 | 52 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult

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