Kanopy collections, various – Trial ended 3 October 2014

ArtMattan African Diaspora Film Collection

ArtMattan Films distribute films that focus on the human experience of black people in Africa, the Caribbean, North and South America and Europe.

California Newsreel Collection

California Newsreel produces cutting edge, social justice films that inspire, educate and engage audiences. Founded in 1968, Newsreel is the oldest non-profit, social issue documentary film center in the country, the first to marry media production and contemporary social movements.They are a leading resource center for the advancement of racial justice and diversity, and the study of African American life and history as well as African culture and politics.

Villon Films South African Collection

Villon Films has been independently producing and distributing award-winning films since 1970. With a strong focus on socio-political documentary, this South Africa video collection spans such issues as government, history, ecology, culture, health and science, women’s issues, biography, and the apartheid period of South African history, among others.

Kino Lorber African Studies Collection

A collection of films from Kino Lorber.

Sanya Communications Collection

Sourcing and promoting cutting edge content for educational and entertainment purposes.

Mainframe Film Collection

“The name Mainframe comes from the concept of the ‘frame’ as the fundamental rudimentary base of motion picture. On the other hand the concept of a FRAME as load bearing structure expresses our readiness to accept the challenges of promoting our culture by producing high quality motion pictures. This is why we are “OPOMULERO”, the solid pillar that holds the fort.”

First Run African American Films Collection

A collection of feature and documentary films. Please see each film for details.

 

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PBS Video Collection – Trial ended 17 April 2014

The PBS Video Collection assembles hundreds of the greatest documentary films and series from the history of PBS into one convenient online interface.The diverse subject matter of the included films makes this an important collection for the study of history, science, business, technology, performing arts, anthropology, psychology, politics, health, and literature.

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Psychological Experiments Online – Trial ended 3 April 2014

Psychological Experiments Online pairs audio and video recordings of quintessential experiments in psychology with thousands of pages of primary-source documents. It’s packed with exclusive and hard-to-find materials, including notes from experiment participants, journal articles, books, field notes, and final reports in topics from obedience to authority and conformity to operant conditioning.

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Psychotherapy.net – Trial ended 14 March 2014

Psychotherapy.net provides streaming access to a collection of psychotherapy, counseling, and addiction training videos. They also publish articles, interviews, blogs, and cartoons as free, additional educational resources; many of the therapists from the videos are also featured in interviews on this website.

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Asian Studies in Video – Trial ended 22 April 2013

Asian Studies in Video is an online streaming video collection of narrative feature films, documentaries, and shorts. With Asian voices addressing Asian issues, and through works selected by Asian film experts, the collection offers highly relevant perspectives and insights. Its themes—such as modernity, globalization, national identity, female agency, inequalities in opportunity amid social and political unrest, and cultural and sexual identity—are central to any meaningful discussion of Asian culture.

More than 75 percent of the films stream exclusively in Asian Studies in Video, and more than 60 percent are award winners. Twenty-four countries across the region are represented, with a strong concentration on China, India, Iran, South Korea, and Southeast Asia.

NB: Passcode is uiowaasiv

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