Films On Demand offers documentary and educational films. Producers include A&E, PBS, BBC Learning, National Geographic, HBO Documentary Films, TED, Films for the Humanities & Sciences, and more.
Swank provides 24/7 streaming access to course-related feature films.
Alexander Street is a multidisciplinary streaming video database with more than 62,000 titles, including thousands of award-winning films, Academy®, Emmy®, and Peabody® winners along with new releases, archival material, and titles frequently used for classroom instruction.
Digitalia Film Library offers streaming access to thousands of feature films and documentaries. Available via LA Public Library.
Hoopla has a wide variety of streaming films for free, available via LA Public Library.
Kanopy has more than 26,000 films available, including titles from PBS, BBC, Criterion Collection, Media Education Foundation and more.
Users can create a Kanopy account via LAVC or LA Public Library to use this service.
The Prelinger Archives contains over 60,000 "ephemeral" (advertising, educational, industrial, and amateur) films. Many are available for download and re-use in new projects.
The Internet Archive has a vast collection of Cultural & Academic films, listed here.
PBS streams free programming as shows air on local stations.
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