Icarus Films | Sociology

The Forgotten Space

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 16:16:10 GMT

An essayistic investigation into the maritime trade at the heart of the global supply chain and 21st-century capitalism.

The Miners' Hymns

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:01:32 GMT

The ill-fated coal mining communities in North East England are the subject of this inspired documentary by multi-media artist Bill Morrison.

NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT at IFC Center, NYC

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:30:49 GMT

Tickets for NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT are on sale now online, including for the Friday & Saturday 8:10pm shows featuring a Q&A with Patricio Guzman — book now!

New: A Sociological Taxonomy

Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:33:55 GMT

We've unveiled our new (and experimental) Sociological Taxonomy page! It's still in its Beta form, but already a great resource and search tool with some outstanding films organized around relevant keywords. Please give us your feedback using the form on the page.

And while you're at it, check out the PDF of our new Hot Topics in Sociology catalog. 42 DVDs covering issues as diverse and pertinent to our fast-evolving world as aging, cyberspace, globalization and pop culture.

Banking the Unbanked

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:11:48 GMT

As 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.

Open Sky

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:11:16 GMT

When an open-pit silver mine comes to an isolated, desert community in Argentina, corporate and government interests clash with those of the local population.

Stolen Land

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:10:31 GMT

Illustrates the decades-long often violent resistance movement of the indigenous Nasa people of Colombia over rights to their native land.

The Inheritors

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:31:21 GMT

At early age children begin to work in the Mexican countryside. This is a portrait of theirs lives and their daily struggle for survival.

We All Fall Down

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 01:20:54 GMT

The rise and fall of the mortgage system and the damage in the wake of its collapse: How did it all happen?

Malls R Us

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 04:12:00 GMT

From impressive architectural projects to environmental and social concerns, everything you ever wanted to know (and didn't suspect) about shopping malls.

North-South.com

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:00:15 GMT

In West Africa many young women, who dream of escaping a life of misery by marrying a rich, white foreigner, surf the Internet for marriage proposals.

Oblivion

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:09:38 GMT

Heddy Honigmann's latest film focuses on Peru's capital city of Lima, revealing the contrasts of wealth and poverty, and how its poorest citizens have survived decades of economic crisis and corruption.

Recycle

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:42:08 GMT

A portrait of life in Jordan's second largest city, Zarqa, of the poverty, political humiliation, and role of Islam, through the eyes of an ex-mujahid from the Afghan-Soviet war.

Umbrella...

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:41:42 GMT

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