Native American Studies: Films and Documentaries

Search:

• Use ADVANCED SEARCH to locate videos held in the UCSB Library Media Collection.
• In the LIMIT BY FORMAT field, choose Video/DVD to enhance your keyword or title search. (see image below)

Locate:

• UCSB Library's circulating Media Collection is located on floor 2 Ocean side in Library adjacent to the Ethnic and Gender Studies Collection
• The Music Library maintains a seperate non-circulating media collection
• Some videos may also be located in Special Research Collections. The SRC is located on the floor 3 of the Mountain side of the library

View:

• All public computers are equipped with VLC Media Player (which should be able to handle almost any DVD format or region).
• UCSB Library maintains two TVs with VHS/region free DVD players, for individual viewing;
  • available on a first-come basis; inquire at the Services Desk
• Music Library maintains its own viewing rooms;
  • available on a first-come basis
• Contact Special Research Collections directly to arrange viewing of their video materials.

Ethnographic Video Online  (Alexander Street Press)

Volumes 1 and 2 contain over 1,000 hours of videos from several hundred DVD collections on Indigenous Peoples around the world.

Volume 1

Volume 2

Kanopy  

A Netflix-like video streaming service covering feature films and documentaries worldwide. Search for Native Americans, Indigenous Peoples for a selection of titles.