Icarus Films

09/01/2025

"One of American independent cinema's great achievements of the past decade." —Dennis Lim, Los Angeles Times

Take time to take in a particularly volatile moment in early 20th century American labor history this Labor Day: the rise and fall of Butte, Montana. Specifically, the assassination of union organizer Frank Little, a story whose grisly details have taken on a legendary status in the state. Butte's history is bound with the entire history of the American left, the rise of McCarthyism, the destruction of the environment, and even the birth of the detective novel.

Watch AN INJURY TO ONE now on Icarus Films On Demand 🔗 icarusfilms.com/if-inj

08/31/2025

Quick while there's still time! Less than twenty-four hours left to use promo code SUMMERSALE for 60% off select DVDs, boxsets, and Blu-rays. Code active until midnight! 🔗 bit.ly/IcarusSummerSale2025

08/30/2025

When her husband died, Soumicha, mother of three, had to earn a living. So she became the only woman taxi driver in Sidi Bel-Abbès, Algeria.

Watch A FEMALE CABBY IN SIDI BEL-ABBES now exclusively on Icarus Films On Demand 🔗 icarusfilms.com/if-cab

08/30/2025

Shopping Labor Day deals & discounts this weekend? Don't forget - this is your last chance to use promo code SUMMERSALE for 60% off select DVDs, boxsets, and Blu-rays. Ends Sunday, August 31st 2025. 🔗 https://bit.ly/IcarusSummerSale2025

08/29/2025

Over 25 years, Belgian explorer & ethnographer Marquis Robert de Wavrin (August 29, 1888 - June 29, 1971) would travel to South America repeatedly, driven by a thirst to learn about its native people and to record them with his film camera.

THE MARQUIS OF WAVRIN: FROM THE MANOR TO THE JUNGLE is a fascinating biography telling the story of the Marquis’ life and journeys and a brilliant collection of privileged images of the daily lives of indigenous people in remote areas rarely visited by outsiders.

“[Wavrin's films are] haunting... deeply curious, empathetic, and protective.” —The Boston Globe

Watch now on Icarus Films On Demand 🔗 icarusfilms.com/if-wavrin

08/22/2025

A new world record set. Marlene Dumas' painting 'Miss January' sold for $13.7 million dollars - the highest price paid at auction for any work by a living female artist.

How do works like these come to be? For a peak into the mind of the artist, we recommend documentary KENTRIDGE AND DUMAS IN CONVERSATION, which features Marlene Dumas and her contemporary William Kentridge in a series of frank, witty and intense discussions about their work and practice.

Watch now on Icarus Films On Demand ▶️ icarusfilms.com/if-kent

08/20/2025

A new message (part two!) from Göran Hugo Olsson, director of ISRAEL PALESTINE ON SWEDISH TV 1958–1989 to Film Forum + American Cinematheque + Laemmle Theatres + other venues nationwide to be announced in Fall 2025. Visit icarusfilms.com/if-isrpal for more details!

08/18/2025

The administration is prioritizing allegations that transgender students and students of color are getting unfair advantages while a backlog of other cases grows.

08/16/2025

Thirteen years ago today, on August 16, 2012, South African police used live ammunition to brutally suppress a wildcat strike at one of South Africa's biggest platinum mines, killing 34 and injuring many more.

The police insisted that they shot in self-defense. Beautifully shot, sensitively told, and accompanied by a haunting soundtrack, Rehad Desai's MINERS SHOT DOWN tells a different story, one that unfolds in real time over seven days, like a ticking time bomb.

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08/15/2025

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08/14/2025

Acquisition News ‼️ Icarus Films acquires North American rights to Juanjo Pereira’s UNDER THE FLAGS, THE SUN that premiered at this year’s Berlinale in Panorama Dokumente via Screen International

EXCLUSIVE: Film charts fall of Paraguayan dictator Alfredo Stroessner.

08/11/2025

"An ode to worker solidarity and mobilisation" —Point of View Magazine

The second installment of Wang Bing's monumental chronicle of Chinese garment workers, YOUTH (HARD TIMES) is now available to rent and buy on Vimeo on Demand ▶️ vimeo.com/ondemand/youthhardtimes