The 2024 South by Southwest (SXSW) festival kicks off today in Austin, Texas. Founded in 1987, this annual March event combines music and comedy showcases, film and television screenings, tech competitions, awards ceremonies, and more. While it’s more than just a film festival, the movie screenings often take center stage. Some of the most popular […]
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Kanopy Cinema Series and Upcoming Event!
One of the many resources available to faculty and students through the American University library is Kanopy, a streaming video platform primarily for educational and academic content. Kanopy offers a rotating collection of media with access to over 10,000 titles and it’s completely free to use with your AU library account! One of Kanopy’s newest […]
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Guess the Theme – February Results, March Movies
Congratulations to Luke Dibonaventura ’27 for winning February’s Guess the Theme contest. His correct guess entered him into a random drawing for a free drink token from the Davenport Coffee Lounge. Were you able to figure out the theme? As a reminder, the movies were: Boyz n the Hood, Precious, 12 Years a Slave, Moonlight, […]
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What is a Mirrorless Camera?
As the name suggests, mirrorless cameras capture frames without the use of a mirror in the camera body. This is different to DSLR cameras, which use a mirror to reflect incoming light from the shutter onto the the image sensor. Mirrorless cameras let incoming light hit the image sensor directly, resulting in a faster image […]
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Did You Know?: Every AU Student and Staff Member Has Access to Free Language Learning Videos
The university gives everyone with an AU email access to Films on Demand (FOD). Included in their library is a large number of language learning videos on Chinese, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Sign Language, and Spanish. We at Media Services are most excited about the American Sign Language (ASL) learning videos […]
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Upcoming Film Festivals in the D.C. Area – February 2024
It’s a busy time for film lovers in Washington, D.C. There are multiple film festivals taking place in the area over the next few weeks, with two of them starting today, February 21, 2024. Here’s a rundown of some of the film festivals for you to check out: First up is the Smithsonian’s Mother Tongue […]
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35 Films for Black History Month and Beyond
We’re more than halfway through Black History Month, but it’s not too late to start engaging with Black media and culture. This celebration was created in 1925 by historian Carter G. Woodson and his organization, the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH), and was originally named Negro History Week. After spreading […]
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Jailed Russian opposition politician, Alexei Navalny dead
News sources are reporting today that jailed Putin critic, Alexei Navalny, has died in prison. On 20 August 2020, Navalny was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent. In 2021 he was imprisoned on charges which were widely seen as politically motivated.
For background, checkout the Academy Award winning documentary, Navalny, streaming from the library catalog.
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Introducing the LGBTQ+ Media Collection!
One of the many offerings AU Library Media Services has to provide is our extensive group of curated media collections! From recent acquisitions to animation to musicals, our collections showcase a range of interesting movie categories. The most recent one we’ve added to our Home Use Collection Highlights page is LGBTQ+ films. This collection offers […]
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Guess the Theme – January Results, February Movies
Congratulations to Anthony Sandoval ’27 for winning January’s Guess the Theme contest! His correct guess entered him into a random drawing for a free drink token from the Davenport Coffee Lounge. As a reminder, the movies from January’s contest were: Sin City, Persepolis, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Dredd, A History of Violence, […]
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