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Film Studies Resources

An overview of the library's resources that support the Film Studies program

DVDs

You can browse the DVD collection in the Media Center. 

You can also find DVD holdings by searching in OWU Search. 

Here is a small sampling of films and documentaries about filmmaking we hold:

Streaming Video

Kanopy offers streaming dramatic and documentary films, including collections from Criterion, PBS, and Kino Lorber.

They have an excellent selection of documentaries on media and communications, and you can browse specifically by:

Academic Video Online offers a robust catalog of free streaming video resources, including Sony Pictures Classics.

You can browse some channels of particular interest at the following links:

The National Screening Room is run by the Library of Congress. It makes available for download or streaming a number of classic films that are otherwise lost or unavailable.