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International Studies

Use this guide to locate background information, books, articles, and films about the people, customs, cultures, history, business & industry, and politics of nations from around the world.

How to Find International Films in Buhl's Video Collection

  • Films from other countries: Search for Foreign films as a Subject.
  • Films in other languages: Search for Foreign language films as a Subject.
    • Tip: For a specific language, use Advanced Search to combine Foreign language films with the country the film was made in as a Subject (such as France). 
       

Screengrab of HENRY, highlighting the link to original HENRY.

 

Screengrab of Original HENRY Advanced search for Foreign language films and France as Subjects. Video search limiter is highlighted.

  • U.S. Films Depicting Other Cultures: Do a Video Search by Subject for the Country/Region and Drama (ex: France -- Drama; Middle East -- Drama).

  • Films Documenting the Culture of Other Peoples: Search Ethnographic as a subject.

  • Films Describing Geographic or Cultural Locations: Search Travelogue as a subject.