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Databases
 Websites presented in alphabetical order All Movie Guide 
 Ratings and descriptions of over 220,000 feature movies and documentaries. Entries give plot synopsis, review, cast, director, producer, availability on video or DVD, and more. The cross-referenced indexing allows searching by such factors as films with two actors in common, author or title of original works made into films, location or setting, and other criteria. Quick Browse lets you look by genre or country. The site also has a film glossary and essays on films. http://www.allmovie.com/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video Last updated Dec 4, 2007 AsianAmericanFilm.com
"The purpose of AsianAmericanFilm.com is to build an engaged, involved, active, and excited audience for Asian American films." Reviews, news, events calendar, browsable film database, and Minute Movies , "supershort Asian American films online." http://www.asianamericanfilm.com/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video Last updated Apr 7, 2004 CineFiles
"CineFiles is a database of reviews, press kits, festival and showcase program notes, newspaper articles, and other documents from the [Pacific Film Archive] PFA Library's collection. The collection contains documents from a broad range of sources covering world cinema, past and present. CineFiles currently includes materials on the films of over 130 directors." Includes document descriptions and images of selected items. From the Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive, University of California, Berkeley (BAM/PFA). http://www.mip.berkeley.edu/cinefiles/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video Last updated Feb 7, 2007 DocuSeek Film & Video Finder
A database of independent documentary, social issue, and educational films and videos in the United States and Canada. Search by keyword, grade level, length, filmmaker, award, producer, country, and other specific characteristics. Results include complete title information, a description, awards, and reviews. http://www.docuseek.com/startsearch.php Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Film: Genres & Themes Last updated Nov 10, 2009 Footage.net: Global Search
A searchable database of dozens of "stock, archival and news footage collections." Registration (free) required. https://www.footage.net/account.aspx?request=login Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Recreation Last updated Nov 26, 2007 Internet Moving Images Archive: Movie Collection
Over a thousand digitized films focusing "on everyday life, culture, industry, and institutions in North America in the 20th century." They are mostly "ephemeral films" made between 1927 and 1987, often educational and propaganda films shown in schools and to army personnel, promotions of products or companies, and news features. These large files must be saved to disk to view; even with a fast connection, be prepared to wait. http://www.archive.org/movies/ Topics: Archives, Communications, Film, Movies, & Video, Film: Genres & Themes Last updated Apr 7, 2004 Librarians in the Movies: An Annotated Filmography
This resource groups over 500 films into categories that include movies featuring librarians, movies with a library as a setting or with a librarian used as a "prop," movies in which a library or librarian is mentioned, and movies yet to be seen by the author in which a librarian is cast. Features a title index, a list of actors who have portrayed librarians, and a short bibliography of articles on the topic. Maintained by a librarian at Brigham Young University, Idaho. http://emp.byui.edu/raishm/films/introduction.html Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Film: Genres & Themes, Librarianship, Notable People, Recreation Last updated Oct 4, 2004 Sundance Institute
Complete information on the programs and festivals at this highly graphic home of the Sundance Film Festival . Information on the film festivals goes back to 1990. The site also includes a searchable film database containing cast and synopses of over 1,600 films - every feature, documentary, and short shown at the Festival from 1985 to the current year. Institute programs include: feature films; international; theatre; Native American; composers; and writers. http://www.sundance.org/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Recreation, Recreation, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated May 16, 2005 Women Make Movies (WMM)
Home of the Women Make Movies catalog of films, which includes about five hundred "artistically excellent and compelling works that address both broad audiences as well as underserved constituencies." The catalog is categorized and annotated, browsable by subject, title, and filmmaker. The searchable catalog, related links (covering feminist film theory, bibliography, filmography, and individuals' sites), and screening news provide an excellent jumping-off point to the world of independent filmmaking by women. http://wmm.com/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Recreation Last updated Aug 25, 2004 |
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