Kanopy is a streaming service that gives patrons of participating public libraries or colleges free access to a boatload of films. To see if your library or educational institution offers Kanopy, click here. (If your local public library does participate — you will need a library card…but you already have that, right?)
They offer a wide range of film – documentaries, instructional, drama, comedy, horror movies…etc. I recently received access to Kanopy thanks to the New York Public Library; there are 80 movies on my watchlist. Here’s just a few:
Les Saignantes
Born In Flames
Grapes Of Death
I Bought A Vampire Motorcycle
Murder Obsession
Black Is…Black Ain’t
Ethnic Notions
Chocolate Babies
Carment and Geoffrey
Color Adjustment – A History of African American Portrayal on Television
Negroes With Guns
3 Short Films by Marlon T. Riggs
The Exterminating Angel
Krudas
This is Not an AIDS Advertisement
This isn’t Netflix; your local library does set limits. I can only watch 10 movies a month. But these are great films. Okay, maybe not the vampire motorcycle one… š
Tawanna Sullivan 