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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:

Prosecutor - imageProsecutor

At the International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno-Ocampo investigates and prosecutes accused war criminals, worldwide.

Icarus Films | 2011 | 52 minutes | 8-12, COLLEGE, ADULT
Queer China, 'Comrade' China - imageQueer China, 'Comrade' China

A comprehensive historical account of the queer movement in modern China

dGenerate Films | 2008 | 60 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult
Rabbit a la Berlin - imageRabbit a la Berlin

The story of the thousands of wild rabbits that lived in the no-man's land between East and West Germany, and what happened when the wall came down.

Icarus Films | 2009 | 39 minutes | 8-12, COLLEGE, ADULT
Rapayan - imageRapayan

High in the Andes mountains of Peru, above a small village that scarcely seemed to notice, archaeologists have found the ruins of an indigenous settlement that predates the Incas.

Icarus Films | 2009 | 52 minutes | 8-12, college, adult
Raw Beauty - imageRaw Beauty

Explores the immense influence of those with psychological illnesses on artworks and 20th century art history.

Icarus Films | 2009 | 65 minutes
Rebels on Pointe - imageRebels on Pointe

The first-ever documentary film celebrating the world famous Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, the notorious all-male, drag ballet company founded over 40 years ago.

Icarus Films | 2016 | 90 minutes
Red Hook Justice - imageRed Hook Justice

Profiles an innovative court in a Brooklyn neighborhood plagued by poverty and crime that is at the center of a legal revolution - the community justice movement.

Icarus Films | 2004 | 55 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult
Red Persimmons - imageRed Persimmons

A visually elegant paean to the cultivation and harvesting of the sweet red fruit, and the disappearance of a traditional way of life in rural Japan.

Icarus Films | 2001 | 90 minutes | 11-12, College, Adult
Remembrance of Things to Come - imageRemembrance of Things to Come

Ostensibly a portrait of photographer Denise Bellon, Chris Marker romps through the world of thought, feeling and history.

Icarus Films | 2001 | 42 minutes | College, Adult
Rethinking Cuban Civil Society - imageRethinking Cuban Civil Society

Unveils the complexities of a Cuban society frequently misrepresented by the media.

Icarus Films | 2018 | 37 minutes

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