Icarus Films | Human Rights

Flower in Otomi

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 16:05:11 GMT

Tells the story of Dení Prieto Stock, a 19-year-old woman killed by the Mexican army in a 1973 raid on the Fuerzas de Liberación Nacional.

In Search of the Unreturned Soldiers

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 16:04:38 GMT

Shohei Imamura travels first to Malaysia and then to Thailand, to investigate the lives and experiences of Japanese soldiers who, during World War II, chose to desert.

Khmer Rouge, A Simple Matter of Justice

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 16:04:00 GMT

A UN-appointed judge and his team track down those responsible of the crimes committed in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge regime from April 1975 to January 1979. (

Black Africa, White Marble

Sat, 08 Dec 2012 23:01:23 GMT

A contemporary David-and-Goliath story that sheds a harsh light on the colonial past and troubled present of The Republic of Congo.

900 Days

Sat, 08 Dec 2012 22:32:49 GMT

Unforgettable life stories told by survivors of the Siege of Leningrad, where more than 1 million people died during World War II.

The Tiniest Place

Sat, 08 Dec 2012 22:13:13 GMT

The story of a small village in El Salvador, destroyed during the country's civil war, and its remarkable rebirth today.

Tunisia, Year Zero

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:37:28 GMT

Follow the day by day events during the year after the fall of Ben Ali while Tunisian’s elected a new a government and draft a constitution.

108 Cuchillo de Palo

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:59:43 GMT

In her powerful and mysterious debut feature, Paraguayan director Renate Costa Perdomo investigates a gay man's persecution and murder.

Neither Allah, Nor Master!

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:36:02 GMT

An explosive, personal look at secularism in the Muslim country of Tunisia.

Syria: the Assads' Twilight

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 01:10:31 GMT

A lively documentary history of Syria's Assad regime, tracing its origins and influence, even as it clings to power in the face of the Arab spring.

PRESUMED GUILTY Nabs Emmy Award

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:13:48 GMT

The Mexican documentary feature Presunto Culpable / Presumed Guilty by Roberto Hernández and Geoffrey Smith was awarded the News and Documentary Emmy as Outstanding Investigative Journalism - Long Form in the 32nd annual edition of the awards ceremony that took place at Lincoln Center in New York. The film was nominated for three awards that are given by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

Cycling the Frame

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:13:39 GMT

A quirky 1988 documentary in which Tilda Swinton tours the circumference of the Baerlin Wall on a bicycle.

Impunity

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 18:09:40 GMT

What is the cost of truth for families damaged by Colombia's violent past?

The Siege

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 18:09:01 GMT

The story of the siege of the Palace of Justice in Bogota, Colombia in 1985. 35 armed guerrillas take hundreds hostage. Almost the entire Supreme Court ends up dead.

Prosecutor

Fri, 20 May 2011 23:05:50 GMT

Extraordinary inside access to the Chief Prosecutor at the first trials of the newly formed International Criminal Court. Luis Moreno-Ocampo investigates and prosecutes war criminals, and government and militia leaders worldwide.

NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT at IFC Center, NYC

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:19:36 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!

Nostalgia for the Light

Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:48:05 GMT

Director Patricio Guzmán travels to Chile’s Atacama Desert where astronomers examine distant galaxies, archaeologists uncover traces of ancient civilizations, and women dig for the remains of disappeared relatives.

Hotel Terminus

Thu, 06 Jan 2011 02:32:36 GMT

Marcel Ophuls' Academy Award winning examination of the Nazi officer Klaus Barbie, the infamous "Butcher of Lyon," weaves together 40 years of footage and interviews.

Awakening from Sorrow: Buenos Aires 1997

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:25:58 GMT

Documents the power to transform pain into action and to lift the veil of repression that has gripped a generation of young people orphaned by Argentina's 'Dirty War.'

K.O.R.

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:25:15 GMT

An insider's look at Poland's dissident Workers Defense Committee - and how the group's actions led directly to the formation of the Solidarity union and the end of Poland's Communist regime.

Open Sky

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:24:15 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.

Karen Refugees: Fleeing Burma’s Forgotten War

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:35:02 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.

Agustín's Newspaper

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:39:37 GMT

Journalism students at the University of Chile embark on an investigation of El Mercurio, the oldest newspaper in Chile.

The Inheritors

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:38:57 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.

Lucanamarca

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 06:17:49 GMT

High in the Peruvian Andes, in the town of Lucanamarca, old wounds are re-opened when the Truth and Reconstruction Commission arrives to investigate a massacre from 20 years ago.

Dishonored

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:21:19 GMT

The story of Mukhtar Mai, whose demands for justice after being raped, led to an historic series of legal proceedings in Pakistan, and media coverage worldwide.

Killer's Paradise

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:20:46 GMT

Since 1999 more than two thousand women have been murdered in Guatemala. Yet law enforcement and government turn a blind eye.

Milosevic on Trial

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:19:34 GMT

Four years of the trial of Slobodan Milosevic, charged with 66 counts of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide for his role in the conflict in the former Yugoslavia.

Tracing Aleida

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:18:23 GMT

Thirty years after being separated when their parents "disappeared" during Mexico's "Dirty War" in the '70s, Aleida searches to uncover the truth, and to find her brother.