AFI-Discovery Silverdocs presents:Growing Up FemaleA film by Jim Klein and Julia ReichertAFI Silver Theater and Cultural CenterSilver Spring, MDAmerican University School of Communications adjunct professor, Julia Reichert invites everyone to a special screening of her first film (made with Jim Klein), Growing Up Female.The film has been restored and is screening this Thursday, September 15, […]
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Filmaker’s Library – Almost 1,000 documentaries!
Cool News! We now have a perpetual license for Filmakers Library videos via Alexander Street Press – Almost 1000 documentaries with something for every academic area taught at AU. Filmakers Library Online provides award-winning documentaries with relevance across the curriculum—race and gender studies, human rights, globalization and global studies, multiculturalism, international relations, criminal justice, the […]
Continue readingFilmography – Food Production
The Media Services contribution to the Library Subject Guides is a selective list of video holdings in the American University Library. Filmographies are created by doing multiple keyword searches in the ALADIN catalog to capture as many titles on a topic as possible. For complete up-to-date holdings (including VHS tapes) please refer to the library […]
Continue readingCheck out these NASA related films in Media Services!!
On Friday, August 5 an Atlas V rocket lofted the Juno spacecraft toward Jupiter from Space Launch Complex-41. The 4-ton Juno spacecraft will take five years to reach Jupiter on a mission to study its structure and decipher its history. Check out the launch footage below, and check out some cool NASA related videos below. […]
Continue readingIt’s Shark Week!!
As you probably already know, this is Discovery Channel’s Shark Week. In case you don’t have the Discovery Channel at home, here are a few Home Use titles that may help you get your shark fix. The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D – HU DVD 5499Endless Summer Revisited – HU DVD 179Finding Nemo […]
Continue readingFilms on Demand now on iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch!
All of the Films On Demand videos have been re-encoded in H.264 format to allow playback on any iOS device. With their new video player, you can now watch any titles in our Films On Demand collection on an iPad, iPod Touch, or iPhone. And their new design is optimized to allow easy navigation of […]
Continue readingEthnographic Video Online – Hundreds More Titles Added!!
Ethnographic Video Online of Alexander Street Press provides the largest, most comprehensive resource for the study of human culture and behavior – more than 750 hours and 1,000 films at completion. The collection covers every region of the world and features the work of many of the most influential documentary filmmakers of the 20th century, […]
Continue readingAFI SilverDocs Film Festival 2011 Kicks Off Today in Silver Spring, MD
The AFI Discovery Channel SilverDocs Film Festival kicked off today. It runs from June 20 – June 26. There are many ways to keep up with the film festival. They have the SilverDocs web site, which also contains the “festival genius”, a guide to all the films that includes brief summaries, Youtube trailers, and show […]
Continue readingFilmography – Health and Fitness
The Media Services contribution to the Library Subject Guides is a selective list of video holdings in the American University Library. Filmographies are created by doing multiple keyword searches in the ALADIN catalog to capture as many titles on a topic as possible. For complete up-to-date holdings (including VHS tapes) please refer to the library […]
Continue readingFilmography – War and the Media
The Media Services contribution to the Library Subject Guides is a selective list of video holdings in the American University Library. Filmographies are created by doing multiple keyword searches in the ALADIN catalog to capture as many titles on a topic as possible. For complete up-to-date holdings (including VHS tapes) please refer to the library […]
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