The Library subscribes to several online streaming databases, including the ones below. Use these databases to access a variety of materials, including film clips, series, and full-length features. For a complete list of the Library's streaming resources, see our Media Services page.
Fifty full-length feature films and documentaries including Academy Award winners, classics, and cult favorites. Public performance rights are included for HVCC so these films may be streamed in the classroom as well as at student events where no admission fee is charged. Use Chrome or MS Edge
More than 62,000 video titles spanning the widest range of subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film and more. AVON includes every kind of video material available with curricular relevance: documentaries, interviews, performances, news programs and newsreels, field recordings, commercials, and raw footage. Users will find thousands of award-winning films, including Academy®, Emmy®, and Peabody® winners as well as the most frequently used films for classroom instruction, plus newly released films and previously unavailable archival material.
More than 30,000 individual videos across all subject areas from producers including BBC, HBO, History Channel, PBS, and dozens of others.
Recommended channels for Academic Video Online (AVON):
Recommended channels for Films on Demand (FOD):
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Blackfish
SF408.6.K54 B53 2013 DVD 1834
3 1/2 minutes, ten bullets
KF225.D86 A13 2015 DVD 1767
Let the Church Say Amen
PN1995.9.F67 L48 2005 DVD 416
Wordplay
GV1507.C7 W67 2006 DVD 1484
Harvest of Shame
PN4784.B75 E39 2005 DVD 1474
Quiet Rage: the Stanford Prison Study
IMC HV6089 .Q54 2004 DVD 74
In Search of Shakespeare
PR2894 .I49 2004 DVD 114
Andy Warhol
N6537.W28 A84 2006 DVD 679
The Last Waltz
M1630.18 .L37 2002 DVD 1476
Man on Wire
GV550.2.P47 M36 2008 DVD 1477
RBG
KF8745.G56 R34 2018 DVD 1915
Bowling for Columbine
HV7436 .B59 2003 DVD 60b
Enron: the Smartest Guys in the Room
HD2741 .E57 2006 DVD 317
Miss Representation
P94.5.W65 M57 2012 DVD 1091
Fresh
IS494.5.S86 F747 2009 DVD 1047
Pressure Cooker
TX667 .P74 2010 DVD 1838
Scared Straight
HV7431 .S27 2003 DVD 1832
Blackfish
SF408.6.K54 B53 2013 DVD 1834
3 1/2 minutes, ten bullets
KF225.D86 A13 2015 DVD 1767
Let the Church Say Amen
PN1995.9.F67 L48 2005 DVD 416
Wordplay
GV1507.C7 W67 2006 DVD 1484
Harvest of Shame
PN4784.B75 E39 2005 DVD 1474
Quiet Rage: the Stanford Prison Study
IMC HV6089 .Q54 2004 DVD 74
In Search of Shakespeare
PR2894 .I49 2004 DVD 114
Andy Warhol
N6537.W28 A84 2006 DVD 679
The Last Waltz
M1630.18 .L37 2002 DVD 1476
Man on Wire
GV550.2.P47 M36 2008 DVD 1477
RBG
KF8745.G56 R34 2018 DVD 1915
Bowling for Columbine
HV7436 .B59 2003 DVD 60b
Enron: the Smartest Guys in the Room
HD2741 .E57 2006 DVD 317
Miss Representation
P94.5.W65 M57 2012 DVD 1091
Fresh
IS494.5.S86 F747 2009 DVD 1047
Pressure Cooker
TX667 .P74 2010 DVD 1838
Scared Straight
HV7431 .S27 2003 DVD 1832
Blackfish
SF408.6.K54 B53 2013 DVD 1834
Film reviews are unique articles that evaluate and critique a specific film or films. In addition to analysis and reactions/opinions, critics may also include a recommendation. Links to good resources for finding film reviews are listed below.
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