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MALLS R US Screening in NYC and Q&A with director!MALLS R US is screening this Saturday 27th in NYC at The Center for Architecture (536 LaGuardia Place) at 1PM. Director Helene Klodawsky will be present for a Q&A. Don't miss it!

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March 1, 2010 – Please circulate:Icarus Films is hiring!Icarus Films is expanding and needs to hire three new staff members, one full-time and two ½ time. Here are brief job descriptions. If you believe that you would be right for one of these positions email your C.V., a writing sample, references, and salary history to: hr@icarusfilms.com 1. Bookkeeper (17.5-20 hours)This position includes

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IN SEARCH OF MEMORY opens in Santa Fe tomorrow!In Search of Memory opens on Friday February 12th at The Screen theater in Santa Fe, NM.FEBRUARY 13TH SCREENING WILL INCLUDE AN INTRODUCTION AND Q&A LED BY NEUROSCIENTIST CHRIS WOOD, VICE PRESIDENT FOR ADMINISTRATION OF THE SANTA FE INSTITUTE.For more information, click here.

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Don't miss Icarus Films titles at MoMA in NYC!Karen Cooper's Carte Blanche at MoMA features 3 of our titles:Battle of Chile, Pt. 2 – Feb. 7Underground Orchestra – Feb. 7&8Colette – Feb. 14Click here for more information and showtimes.

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Free screening of A ROAD TO MECCA tomorrow in NYC!On Wednesday January 27th, 7pm, at Alwan for the Arts, there will be a free screening of A ROAD TO MECCA: THE JOURNEY OF MUHAMMAD ASAD, followed by a discussion with Talal Asad, son of Muhammad Asad, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and Joseph A. Massad, associate professor of

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3 Icarus titles selected in the ALA Video Roundtable Notable Videos for AdultsMALLS R US, OPERATION FILMMAKER and IN SEARCH OF MEMORY made the cut! Make sure to check them out if you have not seen them already. Press release available here.

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IN SEARCH OF MEMORY opening at the IFC Center NYC on Friday 8thDr. Eric Kandel in person for a Q&A!We are thrilled to announce the theatrical opening of the film IN SEARCH OF MEMORY, the documentary on the life and work of one of the most important neuroscientists of the 20th century, Nobel Prize winner Eric Kandel. Do not miss your chance to ask questions to Dr. Kandel during the Q&A following

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4 Icarus Films at the American Anthropological Association conferenceThe 108th AAA annual meeting is taking place in Philadelphia from December 2 to 6. Four of our films will be presented:- REVUE- RAPAYAN- UMBRELLA- LUCANAMARCAFor more information, please visit the AAA website here.

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Spend an Afternoon with Icarus Films at the Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival!On Saturday November 14th, the Margaret Mead festival at The Museum of Natural History in NYC will present two Icarus Films releases:- 2pm: WAR AND LOVE IN KABUL- 5:30pm: HOW I AM (from our newly acquired catalog of Fanlight Productions titles)Do not miss them!For more information, please visit the festival's website

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A very special event: Conference honoring filmmaker and professor Elizabeth FerneaIcarus Films is proud to announce a conference organized by the University of Texas Austin in honor of the late professor Elizabeth "BJ" Fernea.Fernea was a leading scholar, author and filmmaker whose work focused on Women's Issues in the Middle East. Her memoir “Guests of the Sheik: An Ethnography of an Iraqi

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Two (2) New Subject Areas created / Index pages Added!As our collection has developed horizontally (variety of new subject areas) as well as vertically (depth over time) we have added two new Subject Area index pages, to try and make it easier for you to find films that are most suitable for your interests and useful for you. So now we have created new pages for films about BIOLOGY, and films

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New MIDDLE EAST STUDIES Catalog now OnlineWe've just published a brand-new 24-page catalog describing 41 films on DVD about the Middle East and Islam, including six New Releases. You can open a PDF of it by clicking HERE! or go to our online catalogs page and browse all available booklets here!

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New Catalog!Check out our new catalog for Neuroscience and Psychology.22 thought-provoking films to add to your library.And stay tuned for more catalogs to be added soon!

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MALLS R US on The Forum with Michael KrasnyListen to a recent interview of Helene Klodawsky about her film MALLS R US and the decline of shopping malls on the KQED Radio website.

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MALLS R US in Chicago!Mark your calendars - Malls R Us will be screening at the Facets Cinematheque from July 31 to August 6.Don't miss it! It is the Chicago premiere. Get more info here.

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REVUE opens in NYC!The New York Theatrical Premiere screening of REVUE will be part of Anthology Film Archive's program "The Films of Sergei Loznitsa," from March 13th-19th, a retrospective of the documentarian's work, including a return engagement of BLOCKADE.For a complete schedule please visit the Anthology Film Archive's website.

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Two events around Chris Marker, not to be missed!This promises to be a "Joli Mai" as two events celebrate the work of French filmmaker and multimedia poet Chris Marker.The Harvard Film Archive is offering a program entitled The Second Life of Chris Marker from May 9th to 16th with screenings of a selection of his films and a very special "virtual" appearance by Marker as he gives a live tour of

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Icarus Films screening in Chicago in MayTwo of our films will have their Chicago premiere in May. Do not miss them!A ROAD TO MECCA A Film by Georg MischThe story of Leopold Weiss, a Viennese Jew who converted to Islam in the 1920's and became the Muslim scholar Muhammad Asad. May 10, 11 and 12Gene Siskel Film Center 164 North State Street TEL 312-

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Celebrate EARTH DAY with a special offer on environmental films!Starting now and until Earth Day on April 22nd, Icarus Films is offering a special discount on the following films:RECIPES FOR DISASTERWASTE=FOODSTRAIT THROUGH THE ICETHE NUCLEAR COMEBACKSHIGERU BANENERGY WARBATTLESHIP ANTARCTICABuy 1 film, receive 10% offBuy 2 films, receive 15% offBuy 3 films, receive 20% offDo not miss this

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Icarus Films screenings at national conferencesOAH - Organization of American HistoriansSeattle, WA. March 26th - 28thMILK IN THE LAND This documentary traces the history of the national consumption of milk, from the mid-19th century swill cow stables-an urban byproduct of distilleries, when Americans drank more beer than milk-to today's industrialized production of homogenized and pasteurized

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Interview with Helene Klodawsky, director of MALLS R USIn anticipation of the US premiere of MALLS R US at MoMA (see previous post), POV published an interesting interview with director Helene Klodawsky.Read the interview on POV's blog.

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MALLS R US at MoMAMoMA's annual showcase of Canadian Cinema, Canadian Front, will feature one of Icarus Films' latest releases, MALLS R US.From impressive architectural projects to environmental and social concerns, MALLS R US unveils everything you have always wanted to know about shopping centers from Canada to the US to Dubai and India.Screenings will be held on March 21st and 23rd. Do not

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MILK IN THE LAND screening in Chicago in MarchThe Facets Cinémathèque will show the quirky and fascinating documentary on one of America's most popular drinks, milk. Milk in the Land will screen March 6th through 12th. Do not miss this Chicago premiere!For more information and to purchase tickets, please click here.

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FAT CHANCE receives an ALA AwardWe are pleased to announce that the film FAT CHANCE by Yuka Sekiguchi was awarded the American Library Association Video Round Table's Notable Videos for Adults prize.When single mom and filmmaker Yuka Sekiguchi, overweight at nearly 200 pounds and fast approaching fifty, determines to lose weight in hopes of becoming healthier and happier, she decides to film her

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Screening of THE SUGAR CURTAIN in MiamiTHE SUGAR CURTAIN is an intimate portrait by Camila Guzmán Urzúa about growing up in Cuba during the "golden years" of the Cuban Revolution and how the country has changed since the collapse of other communist governments which were supporting Cuba economically. Urzua is the daughter of documentarian, Patricio Guzman, and will be at the screening on Friday,

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