Research Guides: SOC 111: Principles of Sociology: Find A/V Materials

Streaming Media/Video Resources

Search for documentaries on specific social issues or social theorists. Some of these databases enable you to pull specific clips which you can then embed in class presentations.

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Kanopy is an on-demand streaming video platform for educational institutions that offers viewers a large collection of award-winning films and documentaries.

Featured Documentaries

*Single
Call Number: DVD HQ 800 .S56 2009
Today's life is more complex, intense, and demanding. As a result, finding and maintaining a lasting relationship has never been more challenging. Features a cast of entertaining and thought-provoking experts, singer/songwriters, comedians, and 'real' people discussing the complexities of relationships in today's world.

This sampling of documentaries are available as DVDs which you may check out from the library collection. The DVD collection is located on the 2nd floor of the library. Search the library catalog to find more DVD options.

8: The Mormon Propo$ition by Cowan, Reed
Call Number: DVD BX 8615.C2 E34 2010
A searing indictment of the Mormon Church's historic involvement in the promotion and passage of California's Proposition 8, and the Mormon religion's secretive, decades-long campaign against gay rights.
Appalachia a history of mountains and people by Spears, Ross
Call Number: DVD F 217.A65 A67 2009
This first environmental history series ever made for PBS is narrated by Academy Award winning actress Sissy Spacek and features an all-star cast including the novelist Barbara Kingsolver and Pulitzer prize winning biologist, E. O. Wilson.
Babies by Balmes, Thomas
Call Number: DVD RJ 134 .B33 2010
Follows four babies from different parts of the globe as they navigate their first year of life. Features Ponijao from Namibia, Bayarjargal from Mongolia, Hattie who lives in San Francisco, and Mari from Tokyo.
College, Inc.
Call Number: DVD LB 2328.52.U6 C64 2010
A closer look at for-profit colleges and universities and how the way they use money affects the education they provide.
Dirt! the movie
Call Number: DVD S 591 .D57 2010
Featuring live action and animation, this movie examines the history and current state of the living organic matter that we come from and to which we will later return.
Foodmatters: you are what you eat
Call Number: DVD RA 784 .F66 2008
A documentary that takes a look at the trillion dollar worldwide 'Sickness Industry', and exposes a growing body of scientific evidence indicating that nutritional therapy can be more effective, more economical, less harmful and less invasive than most conventional medical treatments.
Maid in America by Prado, Anayansi
This documentary explores the lives of three Latina immigrant women who work as nannies and housekeepers in Los Angeles, California. Through these women's lives, this documentary explores the globalization of motherhood, the challenges they face while pursuing the American dream and the significant role they play in American households today.
People like us: social class in America
Call Number: DVD HN 90.S6 P46 2006
How do income, family background, education, attitudes, aspirations, and even appearance mark someone as a member of a particular social class? In travels across the U.S. in interviews with people from diverse socioeconomic groups, this film examines how social class in America has as much influence as race or ethnicity in determining what kind of opportunities a person has in life.