Icarus Films | Asia

Karen Refugees: Fleeing Burma’s Forgotten War

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:34:02 GMT

A courageous band of "backpack medics" slips through the jungle, avoiding army checkpoints, to deliver medical supplies and care to their people, the Karen minority of Burma.

4 Icarus Films at the American Anthropological Association conference

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:29:10 GMT

The 108th AAA annual meeting is taking place in Philadelphia from December 2 to 6. Four of our films will be presented:

For more information, please visit the AAA website here

Oedipus in China

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:21:48 GMT

Over the last ten to fifteen years, the development of psychoanalysis in China reflects the changing needs of a society that is just learning how to express personal feelings.

Children of the Stars

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:14:57 GMT

The harsh reality of raising children with autism in modern day China, and a painful reminder of conditions that prevailed in the United States not so long ago.

The Nine Lives of Norodom Sihanouk

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:26:42 GMT

The life story of Norodom Sihanouk, by turns Cambodia's King, Prime Minister, Prince, Head of State for Life, Exile, and Prisoner.

Seeds of Hunger

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:25:57 GMT

A global investigation into the evolving nature of food production, and the crisis it may portend.

The World's Next Supermodel

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:25:09 GMT

Asia, Brazil or Western Europe - which will be the world's next economic superstar?

Umbrella...

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:45:11 GMT

Conceptual and observational but fundamentally a telling look at changes in China today, particularly between rural and urban society.