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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:

Syria: the Assads' Twilight - imageSyria: the Assads' Twilight
A lively documentary history of Syria's Assad regime, tracing its origins and influence, even as it clings to power in the face of the Arab spring.
Icarus Films | 2011 | 52 minutes | 9-12, COLLEGE, ADULT
System Error - imageSystem Error

Examines the fundamentals of capitalism, and the pathological fantasy of infinite growth on a finite planet.

Icarus Films | 2017 | 96 minutes
Tadmor - imageTadmor

Eight former detainees recall the years spent being tortured in Syria's notorious Tadmor Prison.

Icarus Films | 2016 | 103 minutes
Tahrir: Liberation Square - imageTahrir: Liberation Square

Director Stefano Savona lived and filmed on the front lines in Tahrir Square, Cairo, to make this film from the heart of the protests that overthrew Mubarak in Egypt last year.

Icarus Films | 2011 | 90 minutes | 10-12, COLLEGE, ADULT
Taking Back Detroit - imageTaking Back Detroit

In the '70s and early '80s Detroit was the site of an unusual development in U.S. urban politics, as voters elected two socialists to citywide office. The film examines these people against the backdrop of a city in extreme economic crisis.

Icarus Films | 1980 | 55 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Teeth - imageTeeth

An amusing but informative look at the psychological, social and economic issues surrounding the modern American obsession with straight, white teeth.

Icarus Films | 2007 | 26 minutes | 7-9, 10-12, College, Adult
Tehran Has No More Pomegranates - imageTehran Has No More Pomegranates

This musical comedy plays with fact and fiction to depict contemporary Iranian life.

Icarus Films | 2008 | 68 minutes
Thank You for the Rain - imageThank You for the Rain

Kisilu, a Kenyan farmer, uses his camera to capture the life of his family, his village and the damages of climate change.

Icarus Films | 2017 | 87 minutes
The 3 Rooms of Melancholia - imageThe 3 Rooms of Melancholia

An award-winning, stunningly beautiful revelation of how the Chechen War has psychologically affected children in Russia and in Chechnya.

Icarus Films | 2004 | 104 minutes | College, Adult
The Absent House - imageThe Absent House

Sustainable design in the tropics. The story of a Puerto Rican architect pioneering locally-suited green buildings for over thirty years.

Icarus Films | 2013 | 55 minutes | 8-12, COLLEGE, ADULT

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