You can access the entire Video Collection; sign in through Mendocino County Library and your library card number.
American History in Video provides notable historic moments on film. Includes early newsreels, documentaries from leading video content producers such as PBS, California Newsreel, Pennebaker Hegedus Films, and others.
Broadway On Demand Collection
takes viewers from behind the stage to the bright lights of Broadway
through masterful plays, musicals, and dance performances, but it also
provides a diverse range of unique behind-the-scenes series,
documentaries, instructional videos, and more.
The CNN Video Collection includes CNN's specials and feature programming on business, economics, technology, environmental studies, health, women's studies, and human rights.
Dance Online: Dance in Video
presents an extensive collection of performances, instructional
materials, documentaries, and interviews, showcasing high-caliber
performances from the greatest dance companies and performers worldwide,
spanning from traditional ballet to hip hop, street dance, and modern
dance, offering a unique opportunity for to study and analyze the fusion
between styles.
Classical Music in Video
provide an extensive collection of influential performances and
documentaries demonstrating the continuous development of classical
music, spanning eras from canonical masters to modern composers.
Opera in Video
offers a curated selection of the world's most significant opera
performances, featuring top artists, conductors, and venues, providing a
valuable resource for studying opera's rich canon.
Performance in Video is the largest and most comprehensive video resource for the study of classical music. Users experience classical music through 3,500 titles, including 200 full operas and 75 dance titles, as well as masterclasses, documentaries, and interviews.
The Quest TV Collection, co-created by Quincy Jones & Reza Ackbaraly, offers valuable materials for music history and cultural studies through the preservation of diverse live performances, spanning the evolution of jazz and beyond — representing funk, soul, hip-hop, folk, indie, electronic, blues, and other eclectic world genres.
National Theatre Collections provides contemporary video productions, modern reinterpretations of classic all featuring acclaimed actors and directors of the highest caliber along with exclusive behind-the-scenes archival content.
The Royal Shakespeare Company Collection with high-definition recordings of The Bard's dramatic canon, featuring the world's finest Shakespearean actors and directors, along with supplementary teaching materials, the Royal Shakespeare Company Collection helps bring Shakespeare to life in the modern age.
Theatre in Video offers access to hundreds of the world's most important plays, documentaries, and instructional materials, as well as interviews with prominent directors, designers, writers, and actors, providing an authentic behind-the-scenes look at various productions.