How to Cite Films and Video:

The citation style is adapted from the MLA Style Sheet; material on this page copyrighted by the Library, University of Calif. Berkeley.  http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/mla.html#film

Include the following:

Video or Film Title (underlined; alternatively, italics)

Series Title (in parentheses, underlined; alternatively, in italics)
Director/Filmmaker OR Personal Producer OR Corporate/Institutional Producer.

Key Actors or other Key Performers.
Version, release, or other distinguishing information, if appropriate

Format. (e.g. Film, Video, DVD, Videodisc, etc. Note: indicate the format you watched, NOT the format of the original work).

Studio Name OR Production Company OR Distributor.

Original Production/Release Date.  (separated from the Studiio/Production Company/Distributor with a comma)
 

Examples:

Citizen Kane . Dir. Orson Welles. Perfs. Orson Welles, Joseph Cotton. Film. RKO Radio Pictures, 1941.

À Bout de Souffle (Breathless). Dir. Jean-Luc Godard. Perfs. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Liliane David. Videocassette. Prod Georges de Beauregard-S.N.C., 1960; Dist. Connoisseur Video Collection, 1989.

  Metropolis. Dir. Fritz Lang. Perfs. Gustav Frohlich, Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel. Reconstructed and adapted videocassette release; music by Giorgio Moroder. UFA, 1927; dist. Vestron Video, 1985.

"Making of the Mutuals" (supplmentary visual essay by Sam Gill). The Chaplin Mutuals. Volume 3. DVD. Prod. Blackhawk Films; dist. Image Entertainment, 1995.

  Medicine at the Crossroads. Prod. 13/WNET and BBC TV. Videocassette. PBS Video, 1993.

Following Fidel (Portrait of the Caribbean, 6). Dir. Roger Mills. Videocassette. Prod. BBC Television. Dist. Ambrose Video, 1992.
America's Least Wanted . Prod. Rebecca Haggerty, Susan Levine, Jamie McClelland, Adele Rice and Jaime Yassin. Videocassette. Paper Tiger TV, 1995.

How to Cite Radio or TV:

Include the following elements in the following order:

Title of the Program (underlined; alternatively, italics)

Series, if appropriate (in parentheses, underlined; alternatively,in italics)

Writer, Producer, Director, Performers (order depends on emphasis);

Network

Local Affiliate and the City

Date of Broadcast

Examples:

Racism 101. Prod. Thomas Lennon. PBS. KQED, San Francisco. 5 Oct. 1988.

White House Prayer Breakfast. Al Gore (Introduction), Bill Clinton (Address), Rev. Gerald Mann (Closing prayer), Rabbi Alan Cohen (Interview)." C-SPAN, Washington, D.C. 11 Sept. 1998.

Levi Strauss Co. Levi Dockers Advertisement. Aired 10:35pm. CBS. KPIX, San Francisco, 5 August 1999.

The Arsenal of Democracy (The Great Depression; 7) Prod. Blackside, Inc.; Exec Prod Henry Hampton. PBS. WGBH, Boston. 1 Mar. 1993.

Afghanistan: the Great Game. NPR, Washington, D.C. 8 Feb. 1980.
 

If necessary, cite the title of a particular episode as follows:

"War Against Iraq Begins." Perfs Peter Jennings, Ted Koppel. Nightline. ABC. KGO, San Francisco, 16 Jan. 1991.

"Emerging Tigers." Narr. Ress Jones. Prod. John Hawke. Asian Business Report. PBS. WEFT, New York. 15 August 1990.

"Mumia Abu Jamal: 15th Anniversary of His Arrest." Democracy Now. Pacifica. KPFA-FM, Berkeley, CA, 9 Dec. 1996.