The All Powers Project, The Red Scare: A Filmography This filmography provides a history of the anti-communism movement in America, the Cold War, a list of anti-communist films, an complete list of resources and films, and more.
Film Study: An Analytical Bibliography. Frank Manchel models approaches to studying film. Book presents conceptual aspects of film, and illustrates how primary and secondary sources may enhance different perspectives.
South and Southeast Asia Video Archive: Selected Reading
A guide to recent books and articles published about video, television, and cinema in South Asia and Southeast Asia. These are found in the University of Wisconsin-Madison general library system. Search the UW Libraries Catalog to see if these items are available in the UW Libraries.
You can search the UW Libraries Catalog for other titles by conducting a Library of Congress Subjects search for motion pictures bibliographies.
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers. The four volume series includes: v.1 Films, v.2 Directors, v.3 Actors and Actresses and v.4 Writers and Production Artists.
Each entry includes production information, cast and crew lists, a select bibliography of works about each film and an essay by a specialist in the field. A geographic index allows you to locate films by their country or countries of origin. Consult the UW Libraries Catalog for publication dates and library location information for these four volumes.
The Complete Film Dictionary. Ira Konigsberg's second edition provides over 4,000 entries of practical film terminology and the basic language needed to understand
what happens when a film is made. This source also provides line drawings and photographs that help readers to visualize the machinery, techniques, technology and film history.
The Encyclopedia of Novels into Film, 1998.
Edited by John C. Tibbetts and James M. Welsh. Produced by Facts On File, Inc. Entries are arranged alphabetically by the titles under which the novels were published with cross references from the film titles. Entries include production information, listings of directors and screenwriters, the film's release date, the production company and the releasing company, a plot synopsis with an assessment of the novel's importance to the film, problems with adaptation to film and a list of references to other sources.
The Film Encyclopedia, 1979-.
Author Ephraim Katz concentrates on filmmakers and filmmaking in America, United Kingdom and other international subjects. The text covers the history of filmmaking for various countries, film organizations and events, and the inventions, techniques, processes, equipment and technical terms important to filmmaking. Biographies of directors, actors and actresses, and many other people involved in cinema are included. Complete filmographies accompany the entries of most directors and major stars.
Key Concepts in Cinema Studies, 1996.
Author Susan Hayward presents a glossary of key theoretical terms and, where appropriate, the various debates surrounding them. It also provides historical overviews of key genres, film theory and film movements.
Agrasanchez Film Archives
This site archives 1,000 Mexican films released from 1936-1956, the Golden Age of Mexican Film, and original film posters. Videotape recordings of the films and original posters can be purchased
online.
Arab Film Distribution
Features narrative films, documentaries, visual essays, and ethnographic films produced in the "Arab world". Each film is subtitled in English.
Asian Educational Media Service
Presented by the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, one can search for materials (including audio cassettes, CD-ROMS, and videos) on this site by region/country, media type, subject, audience, and title. The site also provides a K-12 resource list, video guides, and film reviews.
Australian Film Institute
AFI's Film/Video Sales & Rentals distributes works of Australian independent and student filmmakers, selectively acquires and distributes foreign films, videos, and documentaries. Items are listed in subject catalogues.
Berkeley Media LLC
Dan Brickley has picked up many of the films formerly available from the University of
California Berkeley Extension Medica Distribution unit (closing June 30, 2005). Specializing
in award-winning, independently produced documentaries and educational videos.
BrunoFilms.com
Filmmaker Ellen Bruno's site featuring her 3 award winning documentary films on human rights issues in Cambodia, Tibet, and Burma. Includes resource guides, links, and Take Action component.
The Cinema Guild Video and Film Catalog
A collection of more than 500 titles dealing with health, science, social studies, world cultures and the arts and humanities. Also includes
children's and young adult films, short fiction, how-to videos and more.
CINEMAWEB
Provides links to independent film and video distributors.
DEFA Film Library, Cinema of East Germany
The DEFA Film Library (Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft) is the only archive and study center outside of Europe devoted to the study of the cinema of the former
German Democartic Republic and films dealing with Eastern Germany since unification. This University of Massadhusetts Amherst Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures site features:
Non-commercial circulation of 35mm and 16mm prints and videos throughout the United States and Canada
Cinema books, periodicals and movie stills
WWW links to film festivals, museums, academic institutions and Goethe Institut locations in the United States and Canada
Support of conferences, etc.
DocuSeek Film & Video Finder
This site combines the entire collections of 4 independent documentary distributors.
You can search the database by grade level, length, subject and other
specific characteristics. It also contains reviews and direct links to the
film's distributors.
Facets Multimedia
Facets Multi-Media is a non-profit media arts and performing arts center that strives to
provide the public with an extraordinary range of film, video and theater programs. Facets Video
library consists of over 27,000 foreign and domestic titles, all of which are searchable and available for purchase
on this site. Facets rental library contains over 15,000 films that can be rented by mail, which
is very helpful for those that cannot be found in the local video stores or for those that are out of print.
Filmakers Library
Contains documentary films and videos covering many subjects, such as psychology, sociology, anthropology, women's studies, and multicultural issues. Titles from this collection are available for rental or sale to universities, schools, museums, businesses, and community groups.
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Contains Films for the Humanities and Sciences' entire collection of videos, CD-ROMS, and other media, including many titles not available in the print catalogs. Search the site by copyright date, keyword, phrase, title, subject, media type, program duration, reviews, awards, and price.
First Run/Icarus Films
A collection of over 700 documentary films and videos that are mostly independent productions.
Getty Images
A resource for searching, purchasing and downloading visual content. From archival and editorial to creative and film, the Getty Images website hosts a number of royalty-free and rights-managed imagery collections.
Icelandic Film Center
This site features films, documentaries, and television programs filmed and produced in Iceland.
International Historic Films
Provides videos, dvd's, and cd's concerning military, political, and social history of the 20th century.
Ken Crane's DVDs/Laser Discs
Ken Crane's DVD/Laserdisc, recently acquired by Image Entertainment, provides searchable access to films on DVD and Laserdisc. Titles can be viewed by
specific Categories, New Releases, Upcoming Titles, a Top Ten list and much more. All of the titles included on this site can be purchased
online, by email, or by mail order.
Kino International
This site provides the latest film and theater news from around the world, an archive of articles concerning film issues and film excerpts, and a film catalog directory.
The film catalog provides an alphabetical title list, as well as titles listed by country of origin and by series. All of the title included can be purchased online.
LAVA (The Latin American Video Archives), one of the best distributors for films from Mexico,
Central America and South America, closed in 2005.
Milestone Film & Video
Specializes in a highly selective list of great films from the silent age to international gems to recent independent film production.
Rarevideo.com
Specialist distributor for hard-to-find rare and out-of-print original VHS, DVD and Laser Disc movies.
Not to be confused with Rarovideo (see below).
Rarovideo.com
This Italian-based distributor specializes in hard-to-find experimental and avant garde films, as well as
exceptional film classics.
Reel.com
An excellant source for hard-to-find films on VHS and DVD.
Richter Videos
Richter Productions is a small independent documentary distribution and
production company that encompasses the works of founder Robert Richter and
others. Included in the collection are Academy Award nominees, duPont Columbia
Broadcast Journalism award winners, and others honored with major U.S. and
overseas honors. Subjects: global issues, human rights, environment, science,
public health, AIDs, some of the influential people of our time.
RUSCICO - Russian Cinema Council
RUSCICO is "a commercial association of Russian and foreign companies, created for
the purpose of realizing a complex program of restoring, remastering, replication and
world distribution of a collection of the best Soviet and Russian feature, documentary
and animated films, as well as of film versions of the best ballet, opera and theatre
productions, in a DVD format." Browse through the catalogue or search for films or
persons.
SALALM Video Resources
SALALM (Seminar on the Acquisition of South American maintains a searchable database of citations
to print and links to many types of online resources for locating and evaluating Latin American videos.
Organized first by country or region and then by type of resource, such as Bibliographies, Catalogs, Directories,
Periodicals,Selected Readings and Web Links.
Scarecrow Video
Scarecrow Video, with the "largest video selection in Seattle!", holds films in VHS, PAL, DVD, and Laserdisc formats. The site contains
New Releases, Specials, Employee Picks, and much more. While the Inventory Search is updated, a list of film titles is provided.
Purchases are available via email, telephone, fax, and visiting the store in Seattle.
South and Southeast Asia Video Archive - University of Wisconsin - Madison Libraries
The tapes acquired for this collection are produced by Asians for Asians, thus providing a far different cultural perspectives than those produced by Westerners about the region....The South and Southeast Asia Video Archive has three principal objectives: first, to produce archival master tapes of the highest possible quality; second, to produce circulating copies which will be loaned to scholars throughout the country; and third, to catalog and publicize the collections broadly. The intent of the project is not just to make current materials available, but to house masters in a preservationally sound manner.
Television Trust for the Environment
This independent, non-profit organisation helps to produce and distribute films on environment, development, health, and human rights issues. TVE uses broadcast television, radio, Internet, and other audio-visual resources as its primary platforms.
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Last modified: Tuesday August 21, 2007 (pearson)
