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Berlin For Beginners - A Roma Home Movie

Humor, chutzpah and solidarity against poverty and exclusion: a Romanian family in Berlin.

First Hand Films | 2016 | 93 minutes

Bernadette Lafont: And God Created the Free Woman

French actress Bernadette Lafont was a multi-faceted performer, who refused to be boxed into one role.

Icarus Films | 2016 | 66 minutes

A Boatload of Wild Irishmen

The life and work of legendary director Robert Flaherty ('Nanook of the North'), the 'father of documentary.' This title has one or more clips.

Icarus Films | 2011 | 84 minutes

Chantal Akerman by Chantal Akerman

A reflection of filmmaker Chantal Akerman on filmmaking, both through her words and excerpts from her films.

Icarus Films | 1996 | 64 minutes

Chantal Akerman, From Here

A conversation with Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman about her films and her directorial philosophy.

Icarus Films | 2010 | 62 minutes

Chile, Obstinate Memory

Patricio Guzmán's landmark film The Battle of Chile (1976) documented the "Popular Unity" period of Salvador Allende's government, the tumultuous events leading up to the 1973 coup, and Allende's death. Guzmán has returned to show The Battle of Chile in his homeland for the first time.

Icarus Films | 1998 | 58 minutes

Ciné-Guerrillas: Scenes from the Labudović Reels

Plunges us into the media battle that played out during the Algerian war for independence where cinema was mobilized as a weapon of political struggle against colonialism.

Icarus Films | 2023 | 94 minutes

Clotheslines

The symbolic and artistic role of laundry in womens' lives.

Roberta Cantow | 1981 | 32 minutes

Dark Star: H. R. Giger's World

A mesmerizing introduction to surrealist artist H. R. Giger's oeuvre, who terrified audiences with the monsters of the Alien films; and an intimate look at last years of the artist's life.

Icarus Films | 2014 | 95 minutes

Directing Actors by Jean Renoir

How Jean Renoir gradually guides an actress into the essence of her role.

Icarus Films | 1968 | 22 minutes