LibGuides: Art History: Find Films

Streaming Video Databases

Kanopy Streaming Video This link opens in a new window
Select list of licensed to use films for the New Paltz campus
Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive collection of high-quality, streaming educational videos licensed from a long-established educational media distributor (Films for the Humanities and Sciences). Other content providers for Films on Demand include Davidson Films, California Newsreel, PBS, etc. Covers a wide range of subject areas.
Academic Video Online This link opens in a new window
Academic Video Online is a database with over 70,000 educational videos including documentaries, interviews, performances, newsreels, and field recordings. The collection covers all major subject areas and provides useful features such as the ability to create custom clips and playlists that can be shared with other users. Available through SUNYConnect.

SUNY New Paltz Art Lecture Series
View streaming video footage of over 200 artist lectures given at New Paltz over the last 20 years.

Documentary Storm
Free streaming full-length documentaries including films on design, painting, photography, performance art, and architecture.
UbuWeb
A multimedia, interdisciplinary resource dedicated to all strains of the avant-garde, ethnopoetics, and outsider arts.
Art21
A documentary series offered through PBS, Art21 provides freely available short documentaries on contemporary artists featuring interviews and studio visits. To see if there are clips for a specific artist, follow the link to "Artists" from the homepage for a full index.
Craft in America
A documentary series on American artists working in craft mediums.