When I was an undergraduate student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, I added a concentration in film studies as part of my English degree. This choice exposed me to the marvelous world of film scholarship, adding to my already fervent love for movies.
The decision also meant I was screening anywhere from four to seven movies each week for assignments and my honors thesis. The one platform that saved me throughout my semesters of frantic screenings was the streaming service Kanopy.
Kanopy is an on-demand video platform that boasts a catalog of 30,000-plus titles, including classics, film noirs, award nominees and thousands more. And unlike other streaming services like Netflix that are consistently raising their prices, Kanopy is still free.
As a college student, I had free access to the platform with my university email address. The best part — besides Kanopy being ad-free — is that I didn’t
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