Requesting a Film on Kanopy
Oberlin has limited access to films on Kanopy. All requests are considered on a title by title basis. Contact Paul Heyde (pheyde@oberlin.edu) for additional information. If you are in Kanopy and place a request for a film, please use your Oberlin email address, and specify the course the film is needed for on the form.
You can search OBIS to find out which films we currently license from Kanopy.
Other Streaming Video Platforms
- Academic Video Online This link opens in a new windowStreaming documentaries, films, and demonstrations on topics including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more.
- Docuseek This link opens in a new windowEducational documentaries and fiction feature films curated to help students examine the issues related to social, ecological, political and environmental justice around the world.
Note: Length of licenses varies based on sub-collection. Faculty should contact their library liaison, to confirm that films they wish to assign will be available through the full semester. - Feature Films for Education This link opens in a new windowHundreds of streaming full-length feature films for educational instructional purposes. This collection focuses on both current and hard-to-find titles, including documentaries, literary adaptations, blockbusters, classics, environmental titles, foreign films, social issues, animation studies, Academy Award winners, and more.
- Films on Demand This link opens in a new windowA streaming video collection that provides unlimited access to 300,000 video clips in numerous subject areas. Includes captioning with interactive and searchable transcripts on all titles, as well as instructions for embedding videos in learning management systems.
- World Cinema Video Collection This link opens in a new windowStreaming feature films from Africa, America, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East, including films from the silent era, from the mid-20th century, as well as award-winning contemporary works.
