About the Collection
South Asian films and media on physical media are primarily housed in the Main Stacks, the Music and Performing Arts Library, and Oak Street Library. The collection features over 700 films in 11 South Asian languages, including many of the top hits from the Bollywood film industry.
Films from South Asia are also online through the Kanopy and Swank Digital Campus platforms.
Online Resources
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Asian Film Online: Volume I and II This link opens in a new windowAsian Film Online from Alexander Street Press is a multi-part online streaming video collection of more than 1,000 narrative feature films, documentaries, and shorts. With Asian voices addressing Asian issues, and through works selected by Asian film experts, the collection offers highly relevant perspectives and insights.
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Centre of South Asian Studies Cambridge Film CollectionsApproximately 50 individual collections totaling 80 hours of footage. Mostly 16mm or 8mm home movies. Streaming available for research or teaching purposes.
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Colonial Film: Moving Images of the British EmpireThis website holds detailed information on over 6000 films showing images of life in the British colonies. "Search Film By Country" to locate South Asia content. Over 150 films available for viewing online.
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Film and Video from the HimalayasThis website, hosted by Digital Himalaya, provides access to a collection of ethnographic films and video from the Himalaya Region.
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Films Division--Ministry of Information and Broadcasting--Government of IndiaFilms Division of India holds more than 800 titles on Documentaries, Short Films and Animation Films in its archives. These films range from events of Socio-cultural importance to Political events.
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Kanopy This link opens in a new windowKanopy is an on-demand streaming video service for educational institutions that provides students and faculty access to more than 26,000 films. Kanopy provides students access to one of the largest collections of films in the world – including award-winning documentaries, training films and theatrical releases – on every topic imaginable.
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Pakistani Film Ephemera CollectionThe Pakistani Film Ephemera Collection contains posters and film booklets produced from the second half of the twentieth century forward. The collection was compiled by Mr. Umar Ali of Multan. The project to digitize and describe the collection of almost 3,000 film posters is a three-year endeavor in partnership with the Mushfiq Khwaja Trust for the Advancement of Knowledge and Culture in Karachi. Researchers will find more than 1,000 posters in this digital exhibit with additional posters being added over the next two years.
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Swank Digital CampusSwank Digital Campus provides colleges and universities with the largest academic streaming collection of its kind. With over 25,000 films, documentaries and TV shows, Swank Digital Campus simplifies film distribution by providing faculty and students a legal streaming resource both on and off campus.