SnagFilms Brings Feature Length Docs to the Web For Free! (And Legally)
Posted by Jay C on July 18th, 2008
Filed under: News
Here’s a cool site that Documentary Blog readers are sure to enjoy. SnagFilms allows its visitors to not only watch feature length docs such as Dig!, Supersize Me and Darkon for free, but allows them to ‘SNAG’ them and embed them on their own blogs! WHOA. (Actually, it’s just a widget that will bring you to another pop-up player.) Apparently it’s completely legit, as paid for by commercial ads which run occasionally throughout the films. The site is still new, so there isn’t a huge number of films. However, the selection is already pretty decent. Check it out for yourself by clicking here. And for anyone who’s been hunting down Darkon, I’ve embedded it below for your viewing pleasure! Enjoy, and be sure to visit SnagFilms and show your support.
Jay C on 
July 18th, 2008 13:36
Insanely excited, I immedeatly clicked on the ‘watch’ button, only to find this:
“We’re sorry. AOL Video is temporarily unavailable. Go to AOLVideo.com to watch thousands of other videos.”
Is it unavailable outside of North America?
July 18th, 2008 13:56
Hmmm…not sure. Possibly?
July 18th, 2008 16:34
Pfft. You’re not much of a webmaster! I can’t seem to find any info on it on the website myself… It is AOL though, which I think means America OnLine right? Gotta get the real WEBMASTER to look into this…
July 18th, 2008 18:07
I’m based in London and I hit the same snag- the AOL film site is ‘temporarily unavailable’ every time I try to watch a film. I guess that’s what beta testing is for. http://www.biggerpictureresearch.com
July 18th, 2008 18:54
Hey you guys outside U.S, check this out,
http://www.freedocumentaries.org/
and
http://www.documantis.com/
Herbie
July 19th, 2008 13:57
The ones I picked seemed to be working.
July 20th, 2008 23:43
Hey Jay.
Chris the Salton Sea documentary guy here. I had a quick question about your Niagra doc, but the e-mail I have for you seems to be old as it keeps getting bounced back. When you have a chance, can you shout me back at cametzler@gmail.com?
Cheers,
Chris
July 22nd, 2008 00:17
Great news here for sure. Hopefully it will help spread viewership!
Thanks for the news!
July 24th, 2008 17:42
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August 3rd, 2008 10:25
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August 11th, 2008 17:17
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September 15th, 2008 13:21
WOW, this looks awesome! Thanks for posting.