AU students get access to our streaming video collection, which includes thousands of hours of great documentaries. We realize that there’s quite a bit to sort through, so finding the best of them (or even knowing to look for them) might be a challenge.
To help you navigate the highlights of our collection, we’ve assembled a list of the 100 Streaming Documentaries to See Before You Graduate. Everyone on the full-time Media Services staff helped put this list together, and we think it represents the best of the best online video content that you can get through American University.
You might recognize a few big names like the Ken Burns Prohibition series and environmental classic King Corn, but we found something for most every subject and interest. Literature students might be interested in an hour-long Bill Moyers interview with George Lucas about creating the mythology of Star Wars. And for political science majors, you can’t miss Street Fight, an unprecedented look at the ground game for now-Senator Cory Booker’s campaign for mayor.
Take advantage of these resources and watch these documentaries while you can! For those of you graduating in May, you’ve got a little over a month to binge all of them.