South Asianists should also check out Video Sources for South Asian Studies.

Bullfrog Films

Independently-produced, environmental videos.

California Newsreel

Educational videos on African American life and history, race relations and diversity training, African cinema, Media and Society, labor studies, campus life and more.

Distributor Contacts in the U.S.

TelCo Report's list of major distributors of videos and films.

Documentary Distributors

Over 240 listings from UC Berkeley.

Docuseek

Search site for independent documentary, social issue, and educational videos. DocuSeek allows you to simultaneously search several film distributors' complete collections. Distributors include: Bullfrog Films, Fanlight Productions, First Run/Icarus, New Day, and Frameline. DocuSeek allows you to search for videos by grade level, length, filmmaker, and other characteristics, in addition to searching for key words.

Edudex

Educational multimedia products. Categories in Religion: Biblical Studies, Buddhism, Christianity, Comparative/World Religions, Cults, Fundamentalism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Mysticism & Occult, New Testament, Old Testament, Primitive Religions

Facets

Roger Ebert has called this 'the most important single source for important cinema on video.' Search online catalog for foreign, classic, cult, independent, experimental, obscure, often hard-to-find videos, laser discs, and DVDs. Frequent complaints on quality of their copies. [Note from James Steffen 9/20/04.]

Filmmaker's Library

Documentary films and videos primarily for educational use. Subject index includes African-American Studies, Global Issues--Asian Studies, Lesbian/Gay/Gender issues, Multiculturalism, Psychology, Sociology--Religion, Women's Studies.

Films for the Humanities

Video, CD-ROM, and videodisc educational programs available with public performance rights. Subject index includes: Art, Classics, Folktales, Multicultural Studies, Music and Dance, Philosophy and Ethics, Psychology, Religion, Social Studies -- Asian Studies, and Women's Studies.

ForeignFilms.com

Browse their database by country, genre, or language. Apart from other western countries, site includes Brazil, China, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Japan, Mexico, and Taiwan.

Home Vision Entertainment

Publishes and distributes classic and independent movies from around the world on DVD and VHS. Includes Criterion Collection and Merchant Ivory Collection.

Journal of Academic Media Librarianship

Database contains reviews of educational videos and CD-ROM's. Links to other review and distributor sites.

Media Education Foundation

Devoted to fostering analytical media literacy. Subject areas include Media, Gender, and Culture; Commercialization, Globalization, and Media; Race, Diversity, and Representation; Skills, Literacies, and Strategies.

National Film Board of Canada

"Created in 1939, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is a public agency that produces and distributes films and other audiovisual works which reflect Canada to Canadians and the rest of the world." However, its films often reflect international themes and have had international influence.

Third World Newsreel

Independent and social issue media by and about people of color, and the peoples of developing countries. Browse by Title, use Table of Contents, or Search catalog by title, artists, keywords or subject categories. Films and videos from the African, Asian, Latino, Palestinian, and Native American diasporas.

University of California Media Center

Educational videos, films, and multimedia works. Categories include arts, dance, music, language/literature, African American studies, Asian American studies, Asian Studies, Comparative Religion, Gender Studies.

Video Project

Videos about the "future of the planet." Environmental issues world-wide, human rights, population, and refugee themes (e.g., Tibet)

Video Librarian's Distributors Search Engine

Women Make Movies

Largest distributor of women's media in North America. Online Film and Video Catalogue contains almost 500 films and videotapes by and about women.