This year’s Special Collections showcases feature works by artist’s between 1979 and 1993.

Choose a collection to view:

Historic British Columbia Video Art + Documentary Collection
Indigenous Video Art + Documentary Collection
Japanese Video Art Collection
Early Feminist Video
Historical Collection

Early Video Digitization Project Excerpts of selected early BC based documentary and video art from 1973-1985 are now viewable thanks to funding support of the I.K Barber Learning Centre at the University of British Columbia Library.

To view the full work please contact us to request preview DVDs or visit our 4,000+ title collection 11-6 Tuesday through Saturday.

TitleArtistDurationYearCountryAcc. #
   Upstream Russell Wallace Canada 2013 2:23 5380
   I'm Crazy Blair Bogin United States 2015 1:00 4594
   Presenting Letters of the Alphabet: "P" Sarah Shamash Canada 2017 2:02 6071
   Degeneration Laurence Chan United Kingdom 2014 1:00 5438
   Second Sun Leslie Supnet Canada 2013 3:10 5411
   Phonics Abrogate Erik Zepka Canada 2014 5:22 5427
   Vertical Club Gerard Olivier (et-al) South Africa 2014 3:08 5435
   Street Drugs With Nic Puma Richard Ward (et-al) Canada 1981 14:00 1053
   B Movie Jocelyn Robert Canada 2014 7:42 5400
   Soap Opera With Chocolates Elizabeth Milton Canada 2014 10:29 4610
   This is DVD The Single Dads Canada 2017 1:02 6079
   Tell The Dogs Lindsay Lorraine Canada 2019 3:16 7131
   Venus Envy: The House of Venus Story Michael Venus Canada 2022 1:19:00 7207
   My Heart the Travel Agent Wayne Yung Canada 2009 1:30 5025
   Video Notebook: What is Violence? Aaron Pollard Canada 1991 23:00 1898
   Two Soft Things, Two Hard Things Mark Kenneth Woods (et-al) Canada 2015 71:00 4592
   Journey Ruby Truly Canada 1984 7:30 1484
   Les Barricades Mysterieuses Stuart Pound United Kingdom 2009 2:36 4069
   Ways + Means Leslie Supnet Canada 2014 12:44 5439
   Make War Daniel Wechsler Israel 2014 2:07 4579