This guide provides resources for research related to anti-racism. We have included resources from the Ohio State University Libraries collection, the OSU campus, and Central Ohio.
Alexander Street Video LibraryThis link opens in a new windowSingle discovery interface for all library titles owned through Alexander Street Press. Browse by collection, subject or use a text based search to find videos on the platform.
Asian Film OnlineThis link opens in a new windowAsian Film Online offers a view of Asian culture as seen through the lens of the independent Asian filmmaker. Through a selection of over 1,000 narrative feature films, documentaries and shorts curated by film scholars and critics, the collection offers highly relevant perspectives and insights onto themes relevant across Asia, including modernity, globalization, female agency, social and political unrest, and cultural and sexual identity. Such themes are central to any meaningful discussion of contemporary Asian culture and society
Black Studies in VideoThis link opens in a new windowBlack Studies in Video is an Alexander Street Press collection featuring award-winning documentaries, newsreels, interviews and archival footage surveying the evolution of black culture in the United States. In partnership with California Newsreel, the database provides unique access to their African American Perspectives collection, and includes films covering history, politics, art and culture, family structure, social and economic pressures, and gender relations.
DocuSeek2This link opens in a new windowEssential documentary films for higher education. Exclusive academic streaming for films from renowned leaders in documentary film distribution.
The HistoryMakersThis link opens in a new windowOver 148,163 stories are assembled from life oral history interviews with 2,691 historically significant African Americans as of December 18, 2018.
Kanopy Streaming ServiceThis link opens in a new windowKanopy is a streaming video service for educational institutions that provides 12 million students and faculty with access to more than 26,000 films each year. Kanopy works directly with filmmakers and film distribution companies to offer award-winning collections including titles from PBS, BBC, Criterion Collection, Media Education Foundation and more.
Free to Ride - A Kirwan Institute Documentary Film
Free To Ride is the story of the relentless spirit of community members from across Dayton, Ohio who overcome a suburban contingent fearfully opposed to the expansion of public transit along a commercial corridor, and the system of checks and balances that allowed justice and reason to prevail.
Amid growing racial tension in the United States and around the globe, Free To Ride shows that peaceful change is possible and provides communities with a film they can use to build meaningful equity movements in their part of the world.
The Room of Silence
“The Room of Silence,” is a short documentary about race, identity and marginalization at the Rhode Island School of Design.
Podcasts
1619 Podcast (New York Times)
An audio series hosted by journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones observing the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery.
Code Switch (NPR)
Hosted by journalists Gene Demby and Shereen Marisol Meraj, Code Switch is a weekly podcast focusing on issues around race and ethnicity.
Higher Learning (The Ringer)
A twice-a-week podcast hosted by Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay focusing on Black culture and politics.
Pod for the Cause
This podcast was created for those of you wanting to effect change, who understand the importance of restoring our democracy and want to engage in deep conversation around the issues.
Still Processing
A New York Times culture podcast with Jenna Wortham and Wesley Morrison
The Stoop: Stories from Across the Black Diaspora
Hosted by journalists Leila Day and Hana Baba, The Stoop features conversations with different contributors about what it means to be Black and how we talk about Blackness.
Strange Fruit
Jaison Gardner and Dr. Kaila Story talk race, gender, and LGBTQ issues, from politics to pop culture
This Land (Crooked Media)
An eight-part series that examines two homicides that opened an investigation into the treaty rights of five Native American tribes, which has become a 2019 Supreme Court case. Hosted by journalist and citizen of Cherokee Nation Rebecca Nagle.
While Black
While Black: A Podcast on Black Excellence with two seriously opinionated hosts bringing you the real and the sometimes raw on anything happening while black.
