California Newsreel on Films On Demand Expands Documentary Access
Infobase Learning announced it added California Newsreel films, including some exclusive titles. These films join its award-winning Films On Demand streaming subscriptions. The products include Films On Demand for colleges; Classroom Video On Demand for high schools; and Access Video On Demand for public libraries.
California Newsreel is the oldest nonprofit documentary film center in the United States. It focuses on social issues. For nearly 45 years, it has inspired, educated, and engaged audiences with cutting-edge social justice films. It is the leading resource center for social change, racial justice, and diversity. It supports the study of African-American life and history, and African culture and politics.
The California Newsreel films added to Films On Demand cover many topics. These include African-American writers, racial conflict, and civil rights. They also include African cinema, health care, blues music, stereotypes, history, and more. Highlights of these newly added educational titles include Health for Sale, Maquilapolis, Race: The Power of an Illusion, The Big Sellout, Black Gold, and Black Panther and San Francisco State: On Strike, to name just a few. Specific titles added may vary by product.
Films On Demand‘s acclaimed digital delivery system allows educators, students, librarians, and patrons to conveniently view the California Newsreel films as full-length videos or instantly access predefined segments that make it easy to find specific curriculum topics quickly. Users watching California Newsreel titles on the Films On Demand streaming video platform can also take advantage of the extensive range of features, such as the ability to save and organize favorite videos; simple integration into educational CMS; tools to create custom playlists; powerful browse and search options, including new Search Assist technology; Google Translate and interactive transcripts; and, for subscribers, easy access through the Special Collections tab.
