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This library of academic and cultural films features collections from the Academic Film Archive and the Media Burn Independent Film Archive, as well as a selection of documentaries created by Dorothy Fadiman. In addition, films from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology are presented including those by Watson Kintner who used film to document his world travels, and the popular television show from the 1950s: “What in the World?”
 | 62 items Academic Film Archive of North America The mission of The Academic Film Archive of North America is to acquire, preserve, document, and promote academic film by providing an archive, resource, and forum for continuing scholarly advancement and public exhibition. They define academic film as any film sold into secondary school,... |
 | 102 items Timothy Leary Archive: Videos The Timothy Leary Archive covers forty years of lectures, TV guest appearances, performance art, talk shows, and experimental films from Timothy's personal archives. |
 | 7 items Cultura Digital: Cultural Hotspots Over the past five years, Brazil's Ministry of Culture has created more than 600 "Cultural Hotspots" or Pontos de Cultura. These grassroots programs enable communities to utilize cyberspace as a common territory by offering web access, digital kits and open source software through which they upload... |
 | 25 items Fadiman Social Documentaries Oscar nominated filmmaker Dorothy Fadiman's documentaries focus on social issues including education, women's rights, HIV prevention, and abortion. View a selection of her films here. Click for more information about Dorothy Fadiman's films. |
 | 23 items Media Burn The Media Burn Archive contains a unique collection of 5,000 non-fiction videotapes reflecting historical, political and social reality as seen by independent producers from 1972 to 2002. It supplies a major dose of American studies, media history and electronic literacy. You are invited to enjoy... |
 | 13 items Vintage Educational Films This collection features vintage educational films from a variety of sources. Films intended for educational purposes are an enormous, often neglected part of the twentieth century media landscape. Archived here are corporate and government sponsored films; classroom academic films instructing... |
 | 649 items University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Films In its 120-year history, the University of Pennsylvania Museum (www.museum.upenn.edu) has collected nearly one million objects, many obtained directly through its own field excavations or anthropological research. Three gallery floors feature materials from ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Bible... |
