Kanopy

Thanks to a gift from the Madison Public Library Foundation, anyone with a Madison library card can now enjoy over 30,000 free videos from Kanopy, a company committed to streaming high-quality films that inspire, educate and entertain to libraries around the globe. Kanopy’s unique selection offers something for everyone, from award winning indie films to important and timely documentaries, to foreign films, popular cinema, children’s shows and more. The library's subscription includes unlimited access to Kanopy Kids and Great Courses, a collection of lectures on a variety of topics from literature, health, finance, and more.

Many of Kanopy’s videos are not available on any other streaming video platform, and the experience is easy-to-use and completely advertisement free. New videos are added regularly in a wide range of subject areas.

Some popular titles by genre include the following:

Short: The Phone Call	Horror: Midsommar	Drama: The Bookshop
Comedy: What We Do in the Shadows	Documentary: I Am Not Your Negro	Foreign Language: Seven Samurai
Classic: Dial M for Murder	Animation: Loving Vincent	Romance: The Tomorrow Man
Sci-Fi: Under the Skin	Thriller: Eye in the Sky	Kids: Don’t let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
Series: Alone	Miniseries: Roots

Kanopy Kids

Kanopy Kids is a carefuly curated collection of the best children’s programming available today. Our kids' selection is curated to support early literacy, STEM education, and even foreign language learning. Using favorite children’s characters from Sesame Street, PBS Kids, Weston Woods, and more, our collection of kids films inspire empathy, critical thinking, and self-esteem in young viewers.

Children and their parents can enjoy Kanopy Kids with a generous viewing period and parental controls.

How to watch videos with Kanopy

You can watch on your desktop or laptop computer, mobile device, TV apps, and more.

With your Madison library card, you can use 10 play credits per month. Each video will use 1 play credit regardless of length, unless you are accessing videos from Kanopy Kids, Great Courses, or the list of Monthly Credit-Free Films -- these collections do not require any play credits to view. If you use all available play credits for the month you will not be able to play any videos until the 1st of the next month when your play credits reset. Unused play credits will not roll over into the next month.

A play credit will be used once at least 5 seconds of a video has been played. Once a play credit is logged, you will have a full 3 days (72 hours) to watch the video as many times as you would like without using another play credit, even if a new month starts and your credits reset. Your Viewing History (when accessing from a web or mobile browser) will show any video that is still available to view in your 3-day window.

After the 3-day window has expired, another play credit will be used if you press play on the video again.

About Kanopy

Kanopy partners with libraries and filmmakers around the globe to give patrons, students and faculty free access to high-quality films that stimulate imagination, promote learning, and spark meaningful conversations. Many films on Kanopy, including from iconic film companies such as A24, Criterion Collection, Paramount, PBS and Kino Lorber, are unavailable elsewhere. For more information, please visit www.kanopy.com.

Availability:

This resource is available remotely to cardholders with a subscribing library as their home library and in-library at all subscribing libraries.