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Swank Digital Campus - With over 20,000 titles in its catalog, this is a large collection of Hollywood studio films and independent, international, and documentary titles. Rutgers has leases to many of popular movies in various categories in its browsable platform.

Academic Videos Online: Premium (AVON) is a collection of more than 50,000 videos (ranging from the beginnings of cinema to the current day)

Kanopy has a selection of streaming video titles for educational purposes, including documentaries, independent and foreign films, classics, and feature films.

Movies we have recently watched

1984
George Orwell's futuristic, dystopian tale set in a post-atomic war London in which protagonist Winston Smith's job is to re-write history under the watchful gaze of "Big Brother" whose presence inhibits love and individualistic expression.

A Clockwork Orange

Stanley Kubrick's classic movie about an imprisoned sadistic gang leader, who participates in a behavior-modification program that works, leaving him helpless against his former victims.

Casablanca

Made in 1942, this movie hasn't lost its magic and has a message in these days, too. Always on the top, the film has a special charm with its ingenious ambiguities, intricate love stories, and moral challenges. Casablanca is a must for every generation.

Dracula's Shadow: The Real Story of the Romanian Revolution

A documentary on the 1989 Romanian Revolution, this one-hour film is a great example of 'living in a historical moment" - and looking back to it. How many of us realize these rare moments in our own lives?

Supersize Me
A documentary about the fast food industry on a social experiment attempting to survive on food from McDonald's for a month, of interest not only to nutrition or food science students, but anyone with food anxiety.

Documentaries of Public Interest in March 2020

What about the virus care?
What do we know about viruses? Those antibiotics have no effect on them? Often, our knowledge of these parasites focuses only on this notion. Nevertheless, the viruses are present, everywhere around us, literally as well as figuratively. This documentary takes us to the heart of scientific research on viruses: the functioning of viruses, hidden viruses, viral vectors as remedies and pandemics - all in a very down-to-earth accessible approach. A journey into the infinitely small-- because even though viruses are very much in the news, in the broad sense, we know very little about them!
Pandemic: A Horizon Guide
Over the years the Horizon strand has explored some of the most pressing issues in science, offering informed analysis presented in an entertaining way. This programme takes a look back through the Horizon archive at the evolution of diseases to show how issues have developed and how science itself has become more sophisticated. From HIV to Smallpox, Sars to bird flu, infectious diseases are one of the biggest threats to human life, so what have we learnt over the years? Are we any closer to understanding viruses? And will we be prepared when the next one strikes?
Spanish Flu the Forgotten Fallen
During the spring and summer of 1918, a deadly strain of fatal influenza spread havoc across the world. Set against the background of the Armistice in November 1918, as exhausted soldiers return home from four years of war, this original drama tells the little-known story of Dr James Niven and his heroic efforts to combat the Spanish Influenza pandemic as it spread through the city of Manchester. Thanks to unique research and James Niven's own documented accounts, history specialists Hardy Pictures have crafted this moving and timely story of individual heroism, medical ingenuity and a race against time.
Virus Hunters
A new kind of war. Last Century, the Spanish Flu killed some thirty million in only two years. Today the new world threat is the bird flu. A way of fighting pandemics is to go to their source, often in the depths of the tropical rainforests. This is where Ebola, SRAS and HIV once emerged to be eventually transmitted to humans. Amazonia is a vast reservoir of biodiversity which conceals secrets that threaten us, and others that might protect us. From a Parisian laboratory to the heart of the Amazonian Forest, we will follow a group of scientists in search of new viruses and molecules. It is a patient and hazardous quest. But should a new virus be found before it becomes transmissible, the worst can be avoided.
Return of the Black Death
The Black Death had such a devastating effect on society that it precipitated the crumbling of the old feudal European medieval order and ushered in the modern world. But what actually caused the Black Death -- and how many people died -- is still a mystery. Contemporary accounts tell how the Black Death killed rich and poor, old and young alike; how victims suffered from painful boils, bleeding from the ears and black spots. The world has seen nothing like it, before or since. Now, a new investigation of recently unearthed skeletons from a long-lost plague cemetery discovered beneath the streets of London could settle the hottest debate in history once and for all. Uncovering the crucial clues hidden in the bones of the victims, this fascinating film reveals exactly why this was the biggest killer in history; and what it can teach us about pandemics to come.