Research Guides: AAS267 The Civil Rights Movement (Main): Books & Film

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Recommended Streaming Film Databases

Academic Video Online (AVON)
Academic Video Online is the most comprehensive video subscription available to libraries.

Emory's subscription spans a range of subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more. AVON replaces Emory's subscriptions to America History and Video, World History and Video, and Alexander Street Press ethnography collections.

Docuseek
Extensive collection of documentaries, many of which cover the Civil Rights era.

Kanopy
Kanopy offers thousands of streaming videos on all subjects from a wide range of suppliers.

Highlights include PBS, the Criterion Collection/Janus Films, independent film distributors such as Kino Lorber, educational documentary suppliers such as California Newsreel and Media Education Foundation, and and a robust collection of ethnographic/anthropological documentaries.