LibGuides: Film and Video Resources: Streaming: Humanities & Visual Arts

DVDs and Videos

Note: Many more films can be found under the DVDs and Videos tab of this guide.

Archaeology Channel Video
Freely available streaming media website created by the Archaeological Legacy Institute.
Art21
Non-profit dedicated to promoting contemporary artists and art.
AVON: Art & Design
Part of the Academic Video Online (AVON) collection. Includes all disciplines of art and architecture, as well as fashion studies. From Alexander Street Press.
Documentary+
Completely free streaming resource available on the web. Includes short form and feature length documentaries from well-known as well as new creators.

Kanopy This link opens in a new window
Current; Kanopy is a video streaming collection of films from a large group of film producers including the Criterion Collection, PBS, Kino Lorber Edu, Documentary Educational Resources Collection, BBC Active Collection, and many others. Includes films on the visual arts and architecture.
Current; Kanopy is a video streaming collection of films from a large group of film producers including the Criterion Collection, PBS, Kino Lorber Edu, Documentary Educational Resources Collection, BBC Active Collection, and many others.
Latin America in Video This link opens in a new window
Latin America in Video gives instructors, students, and researchers of Latin American studies, Spanish, and Portuguese a comprehensive and unique perspective on the region.

PBS Shows: Arts and Music
Free access to many PBS shows about music and the arts.
UbuWeb
Site dedicated to the Avant-Garde, offering free downloads of films, videos and much more.

V-IDEO.art This link opens in a new window
A database on Indian art,-presents artist interviews and artwork.
Current; a database on Indian art, V-IDEO-presents the worldviews of artists, critics, and others in the art world. Diverse reflections on art and life create a rich and multifaceted picture of the world. V-IDEO provides seven short videos on every featured artist. Six of them deal with different topics addressed through two or three questions. The second displays twenty artworks of the artist.

René Clair. Entr'Acte. Scene showing Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray playing chess on a Parisian rooftop. 1924.

AVON: Literature & Language
Areas of focus include France, Spain, Germany, Russia, Japan, and China. Through interviews, biographies, and surveys of regional literature and literary periods, these titles offer researchers and students a comprehensive resource for study of literature through time and around the globe.

BBC Shakespeare Plays This link opens in a new window
Stream videos of 37 Shakespeare plays that the BBC produced for television broadcast between 1978 and 1985.
This collection includes streaming videos of the 37 Shakespeare plays that the BBC produced for television broadcast between 1978 and 1985 in the series created by Cedric Messina. The videos include performances by some of Britain's most distinguished actors and actresses. Each play may be viewed in its entirety or each act may be viewed separately. All videos have optional closed captioning.

Documentary+
Completely free streaming resource available on the web. Includes short form and feature length documentaries from well-known as well as new creators.