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.
Docuseek is proud to provide streaming for over 560 of Icarus Films's most distinctive titles.
The Icarus Films Collection includes the following titles:
Art and OligarchsNewly-minted Russian art collectors have many reasons for investing in fine art, some more sleazy than others.
As a Young Girl of Thirteen...Holocaust survivor Simone Lagrange vividly recounts her experiences in Auschwitz, and the role she played in bringing Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie to justice.
Baghdad TwistA "visual memoir" blending photos, archival footage and Super-8 home movies of the filmmaker's Jewish family in Iraq until their departure for a new home in Canada in 1970.
Banking NatureBy assigning financial value to elements of nature, can markets save the planet?
Banking the UnbankedAs a team of managers in Gambia try to build a microfinance business, they learn that the loans may be small - but the stakes are very high.
Barcelona or DieMadou, a Senegalese fisherman, risks his life on an illegal boat to Europe.
Bastards: Outcast in MoroccoDocuments one woman's fight to have her sham marriage recognized and her daughter legitimized by the Moroccan judicial system.
Bauhaus SpiritHow do we want to live, where do we want to go? The film tells the fascinating story of the Bauhaus movement and explores its current significance as an artistic and social force.
Be Seeing YouWorkers at a textile factory on strike in pre-May '68 France, not just for more money, but for a different way of life. By Chris Marker.
Beauty Parlor in RioMeet Dr. Pitanguy, the 'Golden Scalpel' at a leading Brazilian plastic surgery clinic.
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