- American Film Institute
- British Film Institute
- Bryn Mawr Film Resources
- Cinemarquee
- Classic Films
- Definitive Alfred Hitchcock Resource
- Duke Film Resources Page
- Glossary of Film terms
- Greatest Films--Filmsite.org
- Hofstra Film Resources
- Internet Movie Database
- Movie Industry Information Resources
- National Film and Sound Archive
- On-line Film Dictionary
- Princeton Film Resources
- University of Alberta Film Resources
- University of Iowa Film Resources
- UCLA Film Resources
- Voice of the Shuttle--Film
- Yale Film Studies
Film Distributors
Bullfrog Films & Video
"videos about the environment, ecology, sustainable development, indigenous
people, cultural diversity, and performing arts, music and dance
California Newsreel
"Founded in 1968, California Newsreel, is among the country's oldest and
most notablenon-profit, documentary film and video production and distribution
centers. This site listsCalifornia Newsreel's many titles including our award
winning collections of AfricanAmerican video, African video, video on the
workplace, and our exciting new collection on media and society."
Cambridge Documentary Films
"We make documentaries and we distribute them. We've been making award-winning
films and videos as part of this non-profit organization for over twenty
years and we hope we've been able to create somenew perspectives on some important
social issues."
The Canadian Independent Film and Video Fund
Center for Media and Independent Learning
"...we are one of the nation's foremost distributors of educational media,
offering videos and films for sale worldwide and for rental nationwide."
The Cinema Guild
"The titles in our collection are appropriate for classroom instruction
and curriculum enrichment (for both secondary and post-secondary education)
as well as for professional training, public screenings, television broadcast,
and home entertainment. There are films of interest to educators, librarians,
researchers, scientists, artists, and others who might wish to explore the
world through the eyes of our filmmakers." They have an excellent section
on Women's Studiesin specific.
CONCENTRIC MEDIA
"Documentaries that bring alive issues of human concern."
Direct Cinema
"Direct Cinema Limited was created in 1974 to serve independent filmmakers.
Our films have won 54 Academy Award nominations and 15 Oscars -- more than
any other collection of short films and documentaries in the world. In addition,
they have won hundreds of Emmy, Cable Ace Awards, Peabody's, Dupont's and
other awards. "
Ethnoscope
Multicultural Films & Videos
Facets Video Home Page
"nation's largest distributor of art, classic, cult, documentary, foreign,
and hard-to-find videos"
Filmmakers Library
"For the past twenty-five years we have been developing a collection of
award-winning documentary films and videos primarily for educational use.
Throughout our site you will see the many subjects we cover, such as psychology,
sociology, anthropology, women's studies andmulticultural issues. Titles from
our collection are available for rental or sale to universities,schools, museums,
businesses and community groups."
Films for the Humanities and Sciences
"For more than 25 years, Films for the Humanities & Sciences has been
providing educators with the finest in educational media. Our editorial board
chooses each program on the basis of the importance of its subject, the quality
of its production, and its relevance as an instructional aid. The result is
a collection of the best work of the worldÆs preeminent filmmakers."
First Run Features
Includes a catalog of posters and home videos, also information on their
films that are currently in theatres.
Ishtar Films
"Distinguished films about women...to enlighten, to educate, to make you
proud."
Media Resources Center
Search the Video Distributor Database. From UC Berkeley
Media Rights
Our mission is to make social issue documentaries and advocacy videos more
widely available for educational use, via a community site for media makers,
activists, educators and librarians.
Moving Images
"we are pleased to distribute over 400 works produced by
some of Canada's finest filmmakers. The programs in our collection are innovative
in approach and concerned with contemporary social issues. We carry an excellent
selection of titles ranging from visual arts to media education, cross-cultural
issues to Canadian history, woman's issues to environmental concerns, humour
to entertainment. "
National Film Board of Canada
Great site and great films!
New Day Films
"a cooperative of independent producers has survived and
thrived for 25 years by implementing a simple idea: getting films and videos
directly to the audiences who want to see them. Our catalog features over
100 titles by more than 50 independent producers and our Web site contains
a growing body of study resources for the K-12 and college teachers, community
groups and students of all ages who have relied on New Day's independent
voice for more than a quarter century."
Pyramid Films
Health and education films
Third World Newsreel
"Founded in 1967, Third World Newsreel is one of the oldest alternative
media arts organizations in the United States. We are committed to the creation
and appreciation of independent and social issue media by and about people
of color, and the peoples of developing countries around the world."
V Tape
Distributors of Independent Media