First Run/Icarus Films > Human Rights

New name, new look, new featured films

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:26:35 GMT

First Run / Icarus Films is now Icarus Films, and we've updated our web site to reflect the name change. We've also featured new films on the home page, so please come have a look.

Enough!

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:24:32 GMT

In the midst of the Algerian civil war in the mid-90s, a young doctor goes in search of her journalist husband who she fears has been kidnapped for his critical views of the ongoing conflict.

A Massacre Foretold

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:15:53 GMT

Chronicles the historic events surrounding the 1997 massacre of 45 pacifist supporters of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation who were massacred while seeking refuge in a church.

A Song for Argyris

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:16:46 GMT

The moving story of Argyris who survived a Nazi massacre in his village in Greece and who has dedicated his life to ensuring that such wartime atrocities never happen again.

Nanjing

Sat, 15 Sep 2007 02:14:29 GMT

Even today the history of the 1937 "Rape of Nanking" is a point of contention between China and Japan. How is it seen in each country, and can a shared memory ever be constructed?

The Prize of the Pole

Sat, 15 Sep 2007 02:20:19 GMT

Robert Peary's quest to plant an American flag at the North Pole came with enormous, and sometimes unacknowledged, costs. Now his great-grandson wants to set the record straight.

The Sugar Curtain

Sat, 15 Sep 2007 02:17:13 GMT

An intimate portrait by Camila Guzmán Urzúa about growing up in Cuba during the "golden years" of the Cuban Revolution.

Tambogrande

Sat, 15 Sep 2007 02:17:23 GMT

Follows the efforts of a small Peruvian town over five years as they fight government efforts to sell the mineral rights under their houses to a multi-national mining company.

21 Up South Africa

Sat, 15 Sep 2007 02:15:19 GMT

Filmed every seven years since 1992, a varied group of children, black and white, rich and poor, now young adults, offer us a vision of the social and political changes since the fall of Apartheid.

Dreaming Lhasa

Sat, 14 Apr 2007 19:07:07 GMT

A narrative feature about a Tibetan filmmaker looking to reconnect to her roots by making a documentary in the Tibetan exile community.

Amateur Photographer

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 04:26:39 GMT

The story of a German soldier and the photographs that he took, while serving on the Eastern Front during WW II.

Looking for an Icon

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 06:08:18 GMT

Four world-famous photos. From the moments before they were taken, until their status today as unforgettable icons. How does it happen; what does it mean?

Hothouse

Fri, 22 Sep 2006 07:34:57 GMT

With unique access to Israel's highest security facilities, explores the evolution of Palestinian prisoner society into a democratic community and the impact of this shift on Palestinian politics outside of prison.

Angry Monk

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 07:16:26 GMT

Gendun Choephel, a legendary figure in Tibet, turned from the monastic life he was born to (as the reincarnation of a Buddhist lama), to become a fierce critic of his country's religious conservatism and isolationism.

Beyond Hatred

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 07:15:56 GMT

After their gay son is murdered by a gang of skinheads, a close-knit French family tries to move toward understanding and even forgiveness in this devastating documentary.

The Case of the Grinning Cat

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 07:15:18 GMT

In his newest film, French cinema-essayist Chris Marker reflects on French and international politics, art and culture at the start of the new millennium.

Democracy on Deadline

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 07:14:15 GMT

A survey of journalists working in various media and languages around the world, as they grapple with their relationships to government, and the dangers of speaking truth to power.

The Diaries of Yossef Nachmani

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 07:13:43 GMT

A portrait of the complex and contradictory personality of the man largely responsible for the Zionist enterprise in the Galilee during the 1930s and 40s.

Last Grave at Dimbaza

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 07:12:19 GMT

Shot secretly and smuggled out of South Africa at the height of the apartheid era, this was the most widely screened and influential anti-apartheid documentary. Now restored and on DVD for the first time.

Out of Place

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 07:11:41 GMT

Traces the life and work of Edward Said (1935-2003), the Palestinian-born intellectual who wrote widely on history, literature, music, philosophy and politics.

Sacco and Vanzetti

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 07:10:46 GMT

The definitive examination of one of the most famous court cases in American history, and a timely reminder of the fragility of our liberties in times of crisis.

Salvador Allende

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 07:10:11 GMT

Patricio Guzmán (The Battle of Chile) tells Allende's story, from his youth in Valparaiso and his early career, to his presidency of Chile and death during the coup of September 11, 1973.

Saudi Solutions

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 07:09:29 GMT

Personal profiles of ambitious women in Saudi Arabia, one of the most closed and conservative Muslim societies in the world.

Wandering Souls

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 07:08:27 GMT

Thirty years after the end of the war against the United States, two Vietnamese veterans continue to search for the remains of their dead comrades.

En Route To Baghdad

Wed, 22 Mar 2006 01:35:20 GMT

One-hour documentary about the humanitarian work of Sergio Vieira de Mello, UN Secretary Kofi Annan's special envoy to Iraq who was killed in Baghdad in 2003.

Forgiving Dr. Mengele

Wed, 11 Jan 2006 04:19:54 GMT

The remarkable story of Auschwitz survivor and former 'Mengele twin' Eva Mozes Kor and the transformation that led her to forgive the Nazi perpetrators as an act of self-healing.

America's Brutal Prisons

Mon, 03 Oct 2005 03:27:05 GMT

Exposes the violence occurring inside prisons throughout America, where prisoners are routinely abused, even tortured, by prison guards

Antonio Negri

Mon, 03 Oct 2005 03:25:58 GMT

Traces the biography and current relevance of this controversial moral and political philosopher, his work, and his contemporary role as an intellectual leader of the anti-globalization movement.

Between Midnight and the Rooster's Crow

Mon, 03 Oct 2005 03:25:19 GMT

Traveling along the cross-Andes route of an oil pipeline in Ecuador, a case study of the troubling connections between corporations, Western consumption, and the 3rd World.

Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan

Mon, 03 Oct 2005 03:24:36 GMT

The first film about the Kyrgyz tradition of bride kidnapping takes viewers inside families, to talk with kidnapped brides who have managed to escape as well as those who are making homes with their new husbands.

Clara Lemlich

Mon, 03 Oct 2005 03:23:59 GMT

The story of the young, Jewish, Ukrainian-born woman who in 1909 sparked the 'Uprising of the 20,000' -- the first massive strike of New York City garment workers.

Shirin Ebadi

Mon, 03 Oct 2005 03:23:00 GMT

In-depth introduction to Nobel Peace Prize winner in her Tehran office, interwoven with speeches at international conferences and a visit to the children's center she founded.

The 3 Rooms of Melancholia

Mon, 03 Oct 2005 03:22:14 GMT

An award-winning, stunningly beautiful revelation of how the Chechen War has psychologically affected children in Russia and in Chechnya.

A Child's Century of War

Mon, 03 Oct 2005 03:21:42 GMT

Takes the viewer on a journey through the past century - the bloodiest in history - from the perspective of children, and tells their stories in their voices.

Dam/Age

Mon, 03 Oct 2005 03:20:58 GMT

Traces renowned, prize winning writer Arundhati Roy's bold and controversial campaign against the Narmada dam project in India.

Death Squadrons

Mon, 03 Oct 2005 03:20:23 GMT

The previously untold story of how the French military trained Latin American death squads in the 60s and 70s (and even U.S. Special Forces in the early days of our Vietnam War).

Edward Said: The Last Interview

Mon, 03 Oct 2005 03:19:51 GMT

An extended discussion with Prof. Edward Said filmed less than a year before his death. The noted literary critic and Palestinian activist delivers his final testament about his life and work as a committed intellectual.

For These Eyes

Mon, 03 Oct 2005 03:19:16 GMT

The story of the daughter of Uruguayan activists "disappeared" by the Argentine military in the 1970s, and raised by an agent of the Argentine secret police.

Justice and the Generals

Mon, 03 Oct 2005 03:18:36 GMT

Investigates the human rights and legal issues involved when two Salvadoran generals are sued in an American court for atrocities (such as the murder of four American churchwomen) committed during El Salvador's civil war.

Persons of Interest

Mon, 03 Oct 2005 03:17:56 GMT

Ashcroft calls them terrorists - they call themselves Americans. A unique and compelling film that gives voice to the human costs of the government's anti-terrorism campaign.

The Pinochet Case

Mon, 03 Oct 2005 03:17:19 GMT

The story of the landmark legal case against General Augusto Pinochet of Chile, before and after his arrest in London in 1998. The new film by Patricio Guzmán.

Scars of Memory

Mon, 03 Oct 2005 03:16:37 GMT

An oral history of the 1932 massacre of 10,000 El Salvadorans, a trauma that has resonated through six decades of military rule, until the 1992 peace accords ended a brutal, 12-year civil war.

Seeing is Believing

Mon, 03 Oct 2005 03:15:57 GMT

From Rodney King to Osama bin Laden, handicams aren't just for weddings and vacations anymore!