Guides: German: Film & Images

Finding Films at Georgetown

Use HoyaSearch to find DVDs or streaming media available at Georgetown.

ARTstor This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive digital library containing images of artworks, photographs, architecture, decorative arts, rare books, and items from popular culture. Images may be viewed live in ARTstor or offline in ARTstor's downloadable image viewer.
Angelica: Art and Culture This link opens in a new window
More than 90,000 textual descriptions and 8,000 digital images of thousands of art slides in the collection of the department of Art, Music and Theater. Database will eventually include other humanities-based images found in the University community (e.g., archaeology slides in the Classics department collection). The database is for the exclusive educational use only of faculty and students at Georgetown University. A NetID is required for access. Materials, text and image are copyrighted.

Georgetown University Art Collections
Search more than 21,000 records of individual objects in the Georgetown University Art Collections. They include predominantly works on paper in addition to paintings, sculpture, and decorative objects. About a third of the records have accompanying images, with more added over time. The images are provided for study and academic use only.
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Visitors are welcome to view accessible objects from the art collection. A prior appointment is strongly encouraged. Please note that many objects are in storage or in University offices and may not be readily accessible or available. More background on the collection may be found on the Art Collection home page.

MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Provides access to worldwide scholarly research in literature (including drama), language, linguistics, folklore, film, radio, television, and theater, representing all national literatures. Does not include book reviews.
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
Provides access to scholarly journals in the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics and many others. Full text is available for titles marked with a green arrow.

Film (ACRL German Studies research guide)
Additional film collections and resources.

Filmakers Library Online This link opens in a new window
Streaming video of 1,000 documentaries on race and gender studies, human rights, globalization and global studies, multiculturalism, international relations, criminal justice, the environment, bioethics, health, political science and current events, psychology, arts, literature, and more. From Alexander Street Press.

filmportal.de
Provides information on German films as well as directors, actors, and others involved in film production.

Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
20,000 streaming documentaries, educational films, and instructional videos from the Films Media Group. Collections include Humanities & Social Sciences and Archival Films & Newsreels.
Kanopy Film & Media This link opens in a new window
This curated collection of streaming films from Kanopy's "Film & Media Collection" includes documentaries, foreign films, and many classic movies. Distributors include Kino Lorber, First Run Features, and the Media Education Foundation. Films are streamed through a "Netflix-like" website and can be watched anywhere, anytime, in any setting.
World History in Video This link opens in a new window
World history in video is an online collection of streaming video that gives users access to critically acclaimed documentaries from filmmakers worldwide. Upon completion the collection will include more than 1750 documentaries that offer a survey of human history from the earliest civilizations to the fall of the Berlin Wall. World history in video covers Africa and the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Oceania.