LibGuides: FREN1020A Histoire de la langue française: Media

French Films

Collection Description
The French Film collection includes over 2,700 DVDs and 220 VHS tapes. The information desk at the Friedman Center on Level A of the SciLi serves as the service point. Viewing stations are located on the 14th floor of the SciLi. For specific location of each title, consult BruKnow https://bruknow.library.brown.edu, the online catalog.

Preview of the Providence French Film Festival

New French DVDs @ Brown
A list of French language DVDs recently acquired by the Library.
French Films by genre
This list, organized by genre: Feature films / Francophone films / Shorts / Plays / Music / TV / Animation / Documentaries, is maintained by Professor Shoggy Waryn.
Fiction and Film for French Historian
Edited by Liana Vardi, University of Buffalo, Fiction and Film for French Historians comments and reviews both recent and classic works related to France's past.
Institut français - Cinéma
Actualités du cinéma et films à la demande.
African cinema bibliography
This bibliography was prepared by Meadow Dibble-Dieng (French Studies) with the assistance of Linda Liu (English Department) as a research guide for Philip Rosen's course on African cinema.

Finding media in the Library

Using the Library Search Box, start with a keyword, author or title search. After you have a first search result, you may narrow down your search using the filter for DVD or the SciLi location to the right of your search results.

Bandes dessinées

The Brown Library has a collection of over 240 "bandes dessinées" (French language comic books) and graphic novels. Enjoy reading Astérix, Lucky Luke, Tintin or newer titles by Schuiten or Tardi. You may find your favorite titles by searching the Library Search box. Most titles are kept at the Rock Reserve desk and can be checked out for a few hours. Other can be found in the stacks. To consult the complete list of titles which is up to date as of July 2013, click here.

Image, courtesy of Shoggy Waryn, French Studies

Photographs and Films

Mediatheque de l'ECPAD
The Mediatheque of the Etablissement de communication et de production audiovisuelle de la défense (ECPAD) offers a wealth of photographs and videos.

Videos, audio and hypermedia at the Institut de l'audiovisuel (INA) where French audiovisual materials are archived.

Chanson Française

Sites sur la Chanson d'Expression Française
Web page created & maintained by Shoggy Waryn (Brown University)
Centre National de la Chanson
Brian Thompson's page for the Centre National de la Chanson's page created and maintained by Brian Thompson (University of Massachusetts, Boston). The Center promotes the use of French songs in the teaching of the French language

Radio

Listen to Interactive radio on PressDisplay of Le Monde, Les Echos and Le Figaro (Brown users only).

Radio & Télé Outremer
Guadeloupe, Guyane, Martinique, Mayotte, Nelle Calédonie, Polynésie, Réuion, St. Pierre & Miquelon, Wallis & Futuna
Radio France Internationale (RFI)
News and programs
Radios francophones publiques
Podcast and streaming of over 20 radio stations