LibGuides: Graphic Design: Streaming Films & Docs

Streaming Film Databases

Kanopy Videos This link opens in a new window
Beginning April 15, 2024, Android 7.1.1 will be the earliest supported Android OS for Kanopy mobile use. Users will be prompted to update if necessary starting on that date.
Streaming documentaries, independent feature films, foreign films, classic cinema, and select popular movies.
Information about Viewing Kanopy Videos on Mobile Devices
The Kanopy films can be viewed on iPhones, iPads, and Android phones and tablets using the Kanopy app. Download the app for iPhone or iPad from the Apple App Store, or download the app for Android phones and tablets from the Google Play Store.
To use the app, you'll need a Kanopy account associated with Cal State LA. If you have a non-Cal State LA Kanopy account, you must make a Cal State LA-specific account to access our resources through the app.
If you already created an account on the Kanopy web page via the Library Databases page, you can directly select Log In when you first open the app. If you don't have a Kanopy account yet, after downloading the app, select “Get Started,” select the Find University link as shown below, and then follow the steps to create your Kanopy account:

• Type in California State University, Los Angeles.
• Select our campus name, and click Next to get to the campus login page.
• Log in using MyCalStateLA ID and password. Please note when you type in your ID, please don’t include @calstatela.edu.
• To create your account, you need to use your Cal State LA email address, but you can use a different password for your Kanopy account.
• Once you have created your Kanopy account, you can then login to Kanopy app on your phone or tablet.
For help creating a Kanopy account on your iPhone or iPad, go to iPhone Help Page.
For help creating a Kanopy account on your Android phone or tablet, go to Android Help Page.
Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
Streaming documentaries, educational TV shows, and academic films from producers such as PBS, HBO, and BBC Learning.
Docuseek Documentary Collection This link opens in a new window
Streaming documentary films, including the Good Docs collection, with a focus on social and environmental issues.
Guides
Introduction to using Docuseek
Good Docs Collection Title List
Integration with Canvas
Participating Distributors
Subjects
Alexander Street Video This link opens in a new window
Streaming documentary and education films, newsreel and broadcast news features, historical films, and subject-specific video across multi-disciplines. Notable publishers include 60 Minutes, Sony Pictures Classics, and more.

Selected Films

Bauhaus Spirit

Nearly a hundred years ago, a radical artistic utopian was born in a tranquil town in Germany. Founded in 1919 by Walter Gropius, Bauhaus was supposed to unite sculpture, painting, design and architecture into a single combined constructive discipline.

Iris

From legendary late 88-year-old documentarian Albert Maysles (GREY GARDENS, GIMME SHELTER), comes IRIS. Iris Apfel, is the 93-year-old style maven who has had an outsized presence on the New York fashion scene for decades.

Design is One: Designers Lella & Massimo Vignelli

Italian-born Massimo and Lella Vignelli are among the world's most influential designers. Throughout their long career, their motto has been, 'If you can't find it, design it.'

Helvetica: Typography, Graphic Design and Global Visual Culture

An independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. HELVETICA looks at the proliferation of one typeface (which celebrated its 50th birthday in 2007) as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives.

Conversations with Giants

In this series, brought to you by Epsilon Agency, award-winning creative leader John Immesoete interviews top executives in advertising, entertainment, marketing, and media. Learn how to build and sustain a career in a creative field of business with advice about how to get started, career development, how to reinvent yourself, how to turn fear into motivation, and how to remain a success through cultural and economic shifts.