diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/amara.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/amara.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fed9ad5b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/amara.py
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+# coding: utf-8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from .youtube import YoutubeIE
+from .vimeo import VimeoIE
+from ..utils import ExtractorError
+
+
+class AmaraIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?amara\.org/(?:\w+/)?videos/(?P<id>\w+).*'
+    _TEST = {
+        'url': 'https://amara.org/en/videos/jVx79ZKGK1ky/info/why-jury-trials-are-becoming-less-common/?tab=video',
+        'md5': 'ea10daf2b6154b8c1ecf9922aca5e8ae',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'jVx79ZKGK1ky',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'Why jury trials are becoming less common',
+            'description': 'A new analysis of federal court cases published last week by The New York Times shows that jury trials are becoming increasingly less common. In 1997, 3,200 out of 63,000 federal defendants were convicted in jury trials. But by 2015, even as the number of defendants grew to 81,000, jury convictions dropped to 1,650. Benjamin Weiser of The New York Times joins William Brangham from Maine.',
+            'thumbnail': r're:^https?://.*\.jpg$',
+            'subtitles': {
+                'en': [
+                    {'ext': 'vtt', 'url': 'https://amara.org/api/videos/jVx79ZKGK1ky/languages/en/subtitles/?format=json&format=vtt'},
+                    {'ext': 'srt', 'url': 'https://amara.org/api/videos/jVx79ZKGK1ky/languages/en/subtitles/?format=json&format=srt'}
+                ]
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        video_id = self._match_id(url)
+        meta = self._download_json('https://amara.org/api/videos/%s/?extra=player_urls&format=json' % video_id, video_id)
+
+        video_type = meta.get('video_type')
+        video_url = meta.get('player_urls')[0]
+
+        if video_type == 'Y':
+            IE = YoutubeIE
+        elif video_type == 'V':
+            IE = VimeoIE
+        else:
+            raise ExtractorError('Could not find extractor for Amara video type %s.' % video_type)
+
+        ie_info = IE(downloader=self._downloader).extract(video_url)
+
+        subtitles = ie_info.get('subtitles', {}).copy()
+        subtitles.update(dict(map(lambda language: [
+            language['code'],
+            [
+                {
+                    'ext': 'vtt',
+                    'url': '%s&format=vtt' % language['subtitles_uri']
+                }, {
+                    'ext': 'srt',
+                    'url': '%s&format=srt' % language['subtitles_uri']
+                },
+            ] + ie_info.get('subtitles', {}).get(language['code'], [])
+        ], meta.get('languages', []))))
+
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'title': meta.get('title') or ie_info.get('title'),
+            'description': meta.get('description') or ie_info.get('description'),
+            'thumbnail': meta.get('thumbnail') or ie_info.get('thumbnail'),
+            'formats': ie_info.get('formats'),
+            'subtitles': subtitles
+        }
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
index ae7079a6a..b70bf82c9 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ from .afreecatv import AfreecaTVIE
 from .airmozilla import AirMozillaIE
 from .aljazeera import AlJazeeraIE
 from .alphaporno import AlphaPornoIE
+from .amara import AmaraIE
 from .amcnetworks import AMCNetworksIE
 from .americastestkitchen import AmericasTestKitchenIE
 from .animeondemand import AnimeOnDemandIE