NEWPORT —The popular on-demand film streaming service Kanopy is now available for free at Richards Free Library.
Library card holders can access Kanopy and sign up to start streaming films instantly by visiting http://newportnh.kanopy.com/ Films can be streamed from any computer, television, mobile device or platform by downloading the Kanopy app for iOS, Android, AppleTV, Chromecast or Roku.
Offering what the New York Times calls“a garden of cinematic delights,”Kanopy showcases more than 30,000 of the world’s best films, including award-winning documentaries, rare and hard-to-find titles, film festival favorites, indie and classic films, and world cinema with collections fromKino Lorber, Music Box Films, Samuel Goldwyn, The Orchard, The Great Courses, PBS, and thousands of independent filmmakers.
With the motto of”thoughtful entertainment,” Kanopy provides Richards Free Library patrons with access to films of unique social and cultural value; films that are often difficult or impossible to access elsewhere, and programming that features diversity, with a wide array of foreign language films and films on race and current affairs.
The Kanopy collection includes indie hits likeHunt For the Wilderpeople and 2 Days in Paris, classic masterpieces like Aguirre, the Wrath of God and Seven Samurai, and award-winning documentaries like the 2017 Oscar®-nominatedHYPERLINK “https://www.kanopystreaming.com/product/i-am-not-your-negro” I Am Not Your Negro and Sundance Film Festival winner Mother of George.
Kanopy was founded in 2008 as an educational tool for colleges and universities.More than five million Kanopy users stream the most acclaimed movies and documentaries from award-winning filmmakers, and experience the best in independent, classic film, and world cinema.
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