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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:

Seventeen - imageSeventeen

High school seniors hurtling toward maturity experience joy, despair, and an aggravated sense of urgency.

Icarus Films | 1982 | 120 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Sex, Lies and Tabloids! - imageSex, Lies and Tabloids!

The rise and fall of tabloid papers in the US and UK. Now, tabloids may be gone, but their spirit is everywhere.

Icarus Films | 2015 | 52 minutes
Shadow Play - imageShadow Play

With recently declassified documents and interviews with newly liberated Indonesians, offers a startling new interpretation of events that shaped modern Indonesian history and changed the destiny of Southeast Asia.

Icarus Films | 2002 | 55 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult
Shi'ism: Waiting for the Hidden Imam - imageShi'ism: Waiting for the Hidden Imam

Across Iran, Lebanon and Iraq a cross-section of major contemporary Shiite figures discuss and debate the history, theology and values of this minority branch of Islam.

Icarus Films | 2005 | 53 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Sleeping Souls - imageSleeping Souls

A political hireling working for 'United Russia' explains the cold inner mechanic of the system.

Icarus Films | 2013 | 50 minutes
Smoking Kills - imageSmoking Kills

Thomas is a hardcore smoker, and he's going to give it up.

Icarus Films | 2004 | 52 minutes
Snake Dance - imageSnake Dance

A reflection on the Promethean dimensions of nuclear power, following German-born Aby Warburg and Robert Oppenheimer, inventor of the atomic bomb

Icarus Films | 2012 | 75 minutes
Sociology is a Martial Art - imageSociology is a Martial Art

A new documentary about the world famous, highly influential sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, whose 40 books and countless articles represent a brilliant renovation and application of social science.

Icarus Films | 2001 | 146 minutes | College, Adult
Sol LeWitt - imageSol LeWitt

An exploration of artist Sol LeWitt's work and philosophy.

Icarus Films | 2012 | 72 minutes | 8-12, COLLEGE, ADULT
South - imageSouth

Chantal Akerman explores the mental and physical landscape of the American South through the horrific modern-day lynching of James Byrd, Jr. in Jasper, Texas.

Icarus Films | 1999 | 70 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult

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