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34 Icarus Films
Innovative and Provocative Documentary Films
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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Shadows and Lies: The Unsee...
Four women work free from the deadly grip of eating disorders, and the complications associated with these diseases
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A Plastic Story
The remarkable history of the surprising origins and development of this now common medical field of plastic surgery
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One in 2000
Profiles of people born intersex with anatomy that doesn't clearly mark them as either male or female
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Inside Out: Stories of Bulimia
Profiles of women and men from all walks of life with bulimia, killer of nearly 20 percent of its victims every year
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Forever
A poignant tour of the importance of art in the lives of visitors to the Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris, the final resting place for legendary writers, composers, painters and other artists from around the world
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Left in Baghdad
An American soldier returns from Iraq without his left arm and adapts to life with new physical challenges
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Secret People
A shocking history of leprosy, told by the victims who live in the last remaining leprosy sanatorium in Carville, Louisiana
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An Island Calling
The unusual 2001 murder of an "out" gay couple in Fiji is still clouded in media rumor and political mystery
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Justice
A look inside the Brazilian justice system, following various cases and revealing the personal lives of the people involved
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Remembering
This documentary profiles six individuals who, in different ways, deal with memory in their everyday lives
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Dreamland
A penetrating look at compulsive gambling in America, from state lotteries to Indian casinos to Las Vegas
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The Deadline
An inside look at the realpolitik negotiations of South Africa's Constitutional Assembly
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Great Expectations
An introduction to the most significant architectural movements and personalities of the 20th century
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White City, Black Lives
Follows the lives of several residents in Soweto South Africa, offering a scathing look at black urban life in South Africa
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Damages
An inside look at one of the biggest American law firms specializing in deaths related to personal injury compensation
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Umbrella
A telling look at the vast changes that have taken place in Chinese society
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The Two Lives of Eva
In this emotionally moving documentary, Esther Hoffenberg investigates the early life of her mother, Eva, during WWII
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We Loved Each Other So Much
A heartfelt tribute to beloved Lebanese singer Fairuz
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Recycle
Poet Miguel Diaz transforms poverty into cultivation in the middle of a Los Angeles street
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Kochuu
A visually stunning film about modern Japanese architecture, its roots in Japanese tradition, and its impact around the world
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Glenafooka
An exploration into the pantheon of pagan spirits who comprise the Fairy Kingdom of the Tuatha DeDannan in Irish folk tradition
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Dishonored
The remarkable story of a woman who challenged Pakistan's lower court system for human rights violations
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Back to the Soil
A year in the life of a family of South Korean farmers as they adapt to their government's new globalized agricultural system
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Angry Monk
A road-movie and a time-travel in the footsteps of the rebellious Tibetan monk Gendun Choephel
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All White in Barking
A white working-class community east of London offers a timely snapshot of an increasingly multicultural Britain
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Zinat, One Special Day
Zinat, the first woman from Qeshm in the south of Iran to remove her traditional face mask, is running for office.
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Running Mate
Examination of cartoonists' portrayal of Geraldine Ferraro during her unsuccessful candidacy for the U.S. Vice Presidency.
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Mokarrameh, Memories and Dr...
Mokarrameh's home overflows with vivid paintings, giving insight into the lives of Iranian women.
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Home, or Maids in My Family
A Moroccan woman confronts her liberal bourgeois family and their servants about the relationship between them.
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Birth
The story of an unwanted baby, the story of a baby whose future is in jeopardy, and the story of an absent baby
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Everything's Fine
Seydou Konate is at the center of a global issue: bringing quality health care to rural people left behind by development
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Human Faces Behind the Rain...
Documents the testimonies of indigenous people fighting against the social chaos caused by drugs in Colombia.
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Dam/Age
Prize winning writer Arundhati Roy's bold and controversial campaign against the Narmada dam project in India.
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Between Midnight and the Ro...
A journey along the cross-Andes route of an oil pipeline in Ecuador.
