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Library Guide for Modern Middle East: Film

The Battle of Algiers, from Algeria / France
Four Daughters, from Tunesia. Available through Kanopy, and the link provided.

The Yacoubian Building: from Egypt, available from offsite storage as a DVD
The Lizard: from Iran, available as a video disc to be checked out
Waltz with Bashir: from Israel, a media DVD available for checkout from Lamont

Film Collections and Streaming

Streaming Movies Online.

Arab Film Poster Collection @ Harvard (Hollis Images)
- Over 6000 Arab Film Posters digitized in Hollis Images.
Streaming Video @ Harvard
Cornell Library, Guide for Middle East Cinema/Streaming

Kanopy Thousands of classic feature films, educational shorts and documentaries [Harvard University on Kanopy platform which you can access with your Harvard login: If a title doesn’t show up in a search, please fill out a Harvard Library purchase request form (here)]

Alexander Street Follow this link to search across all nineteen of Harvard's video databases from this vendor.

Swank Motion Pictures is the nontheatrical distributor for the majority of the major Hollywood studios as well as many independent, foreign, art house, and documentary offerings." [Streaming Server Registration NEEDED]

Tubi TV Streaming free service, which includes some Algerian movies subtitled in English such as : Inch' Allah Dimanche, Masquerades (Mascarades), Zabana!, Viva Laldjerie.

Amazon.fr Selection of popular cinema from North Africa

YouTube Selection of popular cinema from North Africa and Middle East.