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SWANK Streaming Video Library
Provides access to over 1450+ commercial motion pictures from mostly U.S-based studios. Chrome browser recommended, and the Swank Media Player App is recommended for viewing on mobile devices.
Kanopy Streaming
Select films and educational documentaries, featuring PBS, The Criterion Collection, Media Education Foundation, and others.
Feature Films for Education Collection
Watch hundreds of full-length feature films, including blockbusters, classics, international films, award winners, and more.

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Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film by Barry Keith Grant
ISBN: 9780028657912

Publication Date: 2006-12-15
The Way Hollywood Tells It by David Bordwell
ISBN: 9780520932326

Publication Date: 2006-04-10
The Philosophy of Horror by Thomas Fahy (Editor)
ISBN: 9780813136554

Publication Date: 2012-06-01
Race in American Film [3 Volumes] by Daniel Bernardi (Editor); Michael Green (Editor)
ISBN: 9780313398407

Publication Date: 2017-07-07
Post-Classical Hollywood by Barry Langford
ISBN: 9780748638574

Publication Date: 2010-08-04
Careers in Media and Film
ISBN: 9786612021053

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of motion pictures. This website provides access to extensive resources including the catalog and digital collections of the Margaret Herrick Library. Additional resources include access to the academy awards database, academy awards acceptance speech database, motion picture credits database, motion picture scripts database and the academy's film archive. This website also provides information on awards given by the academy, events and exhibitions, and education and outreach opportunities.
Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment ACE is the world’s leading online antipiracy organization protecting the creativity and innovation that drive the growth of core copyright and entertainment industries. Powered by a global network of over 50 media and entertainment companies, we work with content creators, distributors, and other partners to tackle online piracy issues and protect creative works, creators and consumers.
American Indian Film Gallery The AIFG presently contains over 450 non-fiction films that document Native lifeways from the Arctic Circle to Tierra del Fuego, with a large concentration on peoples of the Southwest. The films range from a 1922 silent newsreel to recent footage of pow-wows and political meetings in 2011. The majority of the films date to the golden age of U.S. educational and sponsored filmmaking, after World War II up to the advent of portable video. Interestingly, the video age marks a shift in the collection from films about Native peoples to films by Native peoples. This historical span, then, allows for study of Native representation from outside and inside indigenous communities across the Americas over nearly a century. As such, it is an incomparable teaching and research tool for examining historical attitudes, representations, and understandings of indigenous populations across the Americas.
FilmSite This website provides detailed plot synopses, review commentary, film reference material, film analysis, original content, a comprehensive overview of film history, a complete survey of the Academy Awards, milestones and turning points in the industry, and background and descriptions for hundreds of classic Hollywood/American and other English-language movies from the last one hundred years.
Internet Movie Database Freely available vast database with filmographic information, links to reviews, and some box office data.
Motion Picture Association of America The key function of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is to serve as a voice and advocate for the American motion picture industry by engaging in a variety of legislative, policy, education, technology and law enforcement initiatives. This website provides information on film ratings, copyright laws and film content protection. Additional resources include access to recent news and both government and independent reports, data, and statistics related to the motion picture industry.
Moving Image Source (Museum of the Moving Image) Gateway with online resources listed for criticism and theory, history and styles, industry information, people, and technology and craft.
National Film Preservation Foundation The National Film Preservation Foundation is the nonprofit organization created by the U.S. Congress to help save America's film heritage. We support activities nationwide that preserve American films and improve film access for study, education, and exhibition.

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