As an interesting FYI, here are the 5 films most watched on Kanopy in 2018 by the members of the University of Alberta community:
- People Say I’m Crazy: Schizophrenia from the Inside Out — “the only film about schizophrenia ever made by someone with schizophrenia”
- Requiem for the American Dream: Discourse with Noam Chomsky — “The definitive discourse with Noam Chomsky, widely regarded as the most important intellectual alive, on the defining characteristic of our time – the deliberate concentration of wealth and power in the hands of a select few”
- The Battle of Algiers — “One of the most influential political films in history”
- The Overspent American: Why We Want What We Do Not Need — “draws attention to the costs (both financial and social) of the relentless search for happiness and identity through spending.”
- The Illusionists: The Globalization of Beauty — “examines how global advertising firms, mass media conglomerates, and the beauty, fashion, and cosmetic surgery industries are changing the way people around the world define beauty and see themselves”
Also, a reminder that nearly four hundred films from the Criterion Collection, the essential classic film collection, are available on Kanopy (and not, counterintuitively, on the film platform Criterion-on-Demand).