Here is a sampling of Columbus State library books about specific social issues. Please see a librarian for additional titles.
Celluloid power: social film criticism from the Birth of a Nation to Judgment at Nuremberg by 
America on film: representing race, class, gender, and sexuality at the movies by 
Source: Wikimedia Commons [Poster for Fritz Lang's film Frau im Mond (Woman in the Moon)]
Need to find a movie to write about for an assignment? You are at the right place! The Columbus State library has great films that deal with a variety of themes. Finding movies that deal with a specific subject can be tricky. A good approach is to search the library catalog for books, and databases for articles, that discuss movies - lots of film critics talk about the ways a certain movie, director, or body of films deal with a given theme or social problem.
To find movies about a social issue, or books discussing those films, try entering a keyword search in our library catalog for "[issue] and film" or "[issue] and movie" (without quotation marks or brackets). For example, searching race and film shows that the library owns Skin, a film about racism in South Africa, as well as books like High contrast: Race and Gender in Contemporary Hollywood Film.
To locate books at OhioLINK Libraries throughout Ohio, and to request their delivery to the Columbus State Community College library, search the OhioLINK Catalog.
For suggestions on how to find movies about social issues, or books that discuss those movies, please see the Library Catalog search box above.
