APA Style Guide - 7th: Video/Movie

Video from a Streaming Service (e.g. Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video) or YouTube

Format

Creator Last Name or Uploader Account, First initial. (Year, Month Day). Title in italics and lowercase [Format]. Title of Overall Website. URL

Example

PBS, (2018, November 5). The Comanche and the horse: Native American: Sacred stories [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRXXvm-zKTY

 

Video from Open Web

Format

Author, A. A. [Screen name]. (Year, Month Day). Title of video [Video]. Title of Overall Website. URL

Example

Giertz, S. (2018, April). Why you should make useless things [Video]. TED Conferences. https://www.ted.com/talks/simone_giertz_why_you_should_make_useless_things

Video from an Online Library Database

Format

Creator (Title). (Year of release). Title of film [Format]. Name of database. URL

Example

Cambridge Educational (Producer). (2014). Bullying and suicide: Think about it. [Video]. Films On Demand. https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=97822&xtid=53277.

Common Exceptions

For YouTube videos, when the author’s name is not known, just provide the screen name instead.

Example

NC Humanities. (2014, April 23). Professor Niall Ferguson – The descent of money [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzZASUOS5Jk

DVD

Format

Last Name, First Initial of Producer. (Producer), & Last Name, First Initial of Director. (Director). (Year of Publication). Title of film [DVD]. Studio or Distributor.

Example

Fosha, D. (Guest Expert), & Levenson, H. (Host). (2017). Accelerated experiential dynamic pschotherapy (AEDP) supervision [Film; educational DVD]. American Psychological Association. https://www.apa.org/pubs/videos/4310958.aspx