Looking for a film for your club, class, or lecture? Want a film to watch with friends? 

 

The Library has free films for you to watch. Choose from a variety of thousands of films from our two free databases, Kanopy and Academic Video Online (AVON).

 

Kanopy

Kanopy has documentaries and award winning films. The collection includes categories of Film Noir, Italian Cinema, Gender Studies, Political Science, Technology, Human Rights, Science and Engineering, Environmental Science, Media Studies, British Television from BBC, Anime, World Cinema, Asian Cinema, Black Cinema, LGTBQ+ Cinema, and Films directed by Women. 

Here are some fun titles from the collection!

Richard Simmons Sweatin' to the Oldies
The Little Shop of Horrors
Your Brain
Making Black America Through the Grapevine Hosted by Henry Louis Gates, JR
What makes us Human?
 
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Get free access to thousands of movies and documentaries.

 

Academic Video Online (AVON)

Academic Video Online includes documentaries, interviews, news programs, and award winning films. Collections include Anthropology, Black Studies, Music & Performing Arts, PBS, Sony Picture Classics, and Documentaries. Here are some titles:

Dean & Jean Make A Cooking Show, Episode 1: Tom Yum Goong
The Lady in the Van
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
The Forest- Denmark
Reading an EKG
 
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Academic Video Online is a comprehensive, multidisciplinary video subscription that supports the entire range of curriculum, from anthropology to zoology. It includes documentaries, interviews, feature films, performances, news programs and newsreels, demonstrations, and thousands of award-winning films, including Academy®, Emmy®, and Peabody® winners.
 

The next time you are looking for a film, check out our selection to see what we offer! 

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