Association for Asian Studies, Inc.
1021 East Huron Street
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104 USA

ASIA VIDEO RESOURCES ON THE
WORLD WIDE WEB

by Raymond Lum

• http://www.virginia.edu/soasia/videos/videohome.html
  Films and videos on South Asia available for free loan to educators in the Southeastern U.S.
  
  
• http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/SEAvideo/
  List of videos on South and Southeast Asia available on interlibrary loan; searchable by keyword; links to indices by country, language, videos with English sub-titles.
  
  
• http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/southasia/videos.html
  Library holdings of videos on South Asia.
  
  
• http://webhead.com/wwwvl/India/india213.html
  A large number of links to information in Indian movies; part of the WWW Virtual Library India. Includes information on the films of Satyajit Ray, Urdu/Hindi film music, ragas commonly used in Indian films, and much on Bollywood.
  
  
• http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/SSEAsiaVid.html
  Information on videos about South and Southeast Asia; links to films by South and Southeast Asian film makers; Asian American videos; race and ethnicity; overseas South Asian communities; documentaries; Vietnam War.
  
  
• http://www.cee.umn.edu/ufv/
  Includes Asians/Asian Americans mediography; alphabetical list, with full information including rental information from Univ. of Minnesota's film and video center.
  
  
• http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/SSEAsiaVid.html
  South Asia, Southeast Asia, Oceania videotapes available on the Berkeley campus.
  
  
• http://www.hkmdb.com
  A Hong Kong movies searchable database; filmographies, interviews, reviews.
  
  
• http://www.frif.com/subjects/asia.html  
  First Run Icarus Films; nearly 70 titles on Asia, including the academy-award nominated Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square.
  
  
• http://pears.lib.ohio-state.edu/Markus/Welcome.html
  Collection of criticism and searchable database of books and articles on Japanese media.
  
  
• http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/CJKVid.html
  China, Japan, Korea, Pacific Islands videos in the Media Resource Center, Moffitt Library, Univ. of California, Berkeley; gives synposes, length, citations for reviews.
  
  
• http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/Asianfilm.html
  East Asian cinema resources dealing with the cinema of China, Japan and Korea
  
• http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/indianfilm.html
  South and South East Asian cinema dealing in particular with the cinema of India, Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam
  
• http://www.tufts.edu/%7Estai/QAPA/films.html
  Gay and lesbian Asian and Pacific films; long annotated list; list of distributors; link to article on Asian/Pacific gay and lesbian film makers.
  
  
• http://www.aems.uiuc.edu/
  The Asian Educational Media Service (AEMS) is a program of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies, helping educators at all levels locate audio-visual resources on Asia, and offering advice about which resources may best suit their needs. The website includes a searchable database of films and videos, CD-ROMs and videodiscs, and audio cassettes and slides for teaching and leaning about the countries of Asia. It also includes reviews, annotated listings of K-12 resources, and links to major Asian studies sites.
  
  
• http://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/outreach/
  This and other Asia-specific National Resource Centers include outreach programs for educators and the community. This one has list of videos on Asia that can be borrowed, along with books, slides, curriculum materials.
  
  
• http://www.filmakers.com
  Homepage of Filmakers Library, a commercial firm; rentals and sales; numerous videos on Asia under headings "Asia," "Multi-Culturalism."
  
  
• http://www.cibtc.com.cn/
  Homepage of China International Book Trading Corporation, Beijing; includes list of videos for sale.
  
  
• http://www.2avr.com/
  An online catalog for selecting and ordering Indian and Pakistani videos. Search by title under "New Releases," "Classics," "English Sub-title," etc. A commercial site.

• Films on Korea are available from Korean Cultural Service, 460 Park Ave., 6th floor, New York 10022; Tel: (212) 759-9550; Fax: (212) 688-8640.
  
  
• A catalog of films and videos on Asian and Asian American Studies is available from University of California Extension, Center for Media and Independent Learning, 2000 Center St., 4th floor, Berkeley, CA 94704; sales and rentals; Tel: (510) 642-0460; Fax: (510) 643-9271.
  
  
• Films for the Humanities and Sciences issues a catalog of Asian studies video programs: P.O. Box 2053, Princeton, NJ 08543-2053; sales and rentals; Tel: (800) 257-5126.
  
  
• Facets Video, 1517 W. Fullerton, Chicago 60614, issues a video sales catalog several times each year that includes Asia-related titles. A cumulative catalog of Asian titles is issued irregularly.