Access Video On Demand provides countless ideas for engaging community programming, including independent films and videos on quitting smoking, the history of Ellis Island, Cuba, and sugar awareness. Subscribers can also explore the complete calendar (accessible via the menu in the header, top left of any page in the platform) for the year’s milestones, holidays, and events—a great source for programming ideas throughout the year.
Critically Acclaimed Independent Films
Indie film fans—Access Video On Demand has more than 120 independent films, including these acclaimed new releases. Make it “movie night” anytime, anywhere!
- A Month of Sundays (Item #142880): “Delicate performances by Anthony LaPaglia and Julia Blake…a handsome film.”—Variety
- Big Muddy (Item #142881): “4 stars. A beautifully cinematic and delightfully devilish tale.”—Scene Creek
- I Am Battle Comic (Item #142899): “An excellent heartfelt film that pays tribute to our troops…and the comedians who travel the world to make them laugh.”—Judd Apatow
Help Patrons Quit Smoking in 2018
Consider these titles for programming/patron interest:
- Cozy Killer: The History of Cigarettes (Item #36094)
- Smoking Cigarettes: It Will Kill You (Item #115857)
- Smoking Cessation (Item #29967)
- Quit to Live: Fighting Lung Cancer (Item #35839)
- Animated Neuroscience and the Action of Nicotine, Cocaine, and Marijuana in the Brain (Item #8352)
- Legal Drugs: Still Addictive, Still Deadly (Item #36367) from the series Drugs and the Brain (Item #36364)
Ellis Island Opens, January 1, 1892
Consider these titles for programming/patron interest:
- Ellis Island (Item #43053)
- Forgotten Ellis Island (Item #44118)
- The Jewish Americans: They Came to Stay (Item #41012) from the series The Jewish Americans: A Series by David Grubin (Item #41011)
- Irish in America (Item #43070)
- Becoming Americans (Item #93445) from the series The Italian Americans (Item #93443)
Fidel Castro Seizes Power in Cuba, January 1, 1959
Consider these titles for programming/patron interest:
- Cuba: Island of Music (Item #50627)
- Tell Me Cuba (Item #41691)
- Cuba: Neighbors (Item #110330)
- Cuba: Don’t Forget Your Passport (Item #47426)
- Viva Cuba Libre (Item #118401)
- Cuba: Islands and Life (Item #55080)
- Cuba: St Lazarus—My Americas (Item #95007)
- Cuba: The Next Revolution (Item #56023) part of the series Black in Latin America, with Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Item #56021)
- Diving Cuba’s Caves: Sea Stories (Item #50167)
- Anacaona: The Amazing Story of Cuba’s Forgotten Girl Band (Item #51202)
Sugar Awareness Week, January 15–19, 2018
Consider these titles for programming/patron interest:
- Jamie’s Sugar Rush (Item #110316)
- Sugar Trap (Item #94209)
- Can’t Put Down the Oreos? It Might Be in Your Head (Item #56122)
- Obesity in a Bottle: Understanding Liquid Calories and Nutrition (Item #41223)
- Obesity in a Bottle 2: How to Pick Healthy Beverages (Item #44030)
- Sugar Surprise: Dieter’s Dilemma (Item #37477)
- Think before You Drink: Sugar Shockers & Beverage Tips (Item #60235)
- Sugar Overload: Corporate Profits vs. Public Health (Item #52424)
