Finding Films
Finding videos, dvds, laserdiscs, etc:
Film Collections at the
University of Chicago
- University of Chicago's Film
Studies Center: A comprehensive support center for
Cinema and Media Studies, providing viewing facilities, film and
video collections, and reference materials for onsite research and
study. The facilities are open to enrolled students, faculty and
staff of the University of Chicago.
- Center for
East Asian Studies' Film Library: Catalog of video
collections in Chinese, Japanese and Korean, intended primarily for
academic use. Not all films have subtitles. The Center allows films
to circulate on a selective basis.South Asia Outreach Library: The
South Asia Outreach Educational Project serves as a liaison between
the University of Chicago, community organizations and the public
to foster knowledge of South Asia and South Asian studies. The
group maintains a small library of videorecordings.
- South Asia Outreach
Library: The South Asia Outreach Educational Project
serves as a liaison between the University of Chicago, community
organizations and the public to foster knowledge of South Asia and
South Asian studies. The group maintains a small library of
videorecordings.
Beyond
Campus
- Facets
Video Chicago's own establishment, a division of
Facets Multi-Media, is one of the nation's largest distributors of
art, classic, cult, foreign and hard-to-find videos.
- Video Data Bank at the
School of the Art Institute of Chicago: Catalog of 1500
video titles produced from the late 1960s to the present. Features
video art, with an emphasis on early and seminal works central to
the development of video as an art form; documentaries made by
artists; and interviews with visual artists, photographers, and
critics.
