| 词条 | Doc Films |
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The Documentary Film Group, better known as Doc Films, is a student-operated film society at the University of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is—according to a 2007 Chicago Tribune article—"the longest-running collegiate film society in the country" and may be the oldest film society of any kind in the United States.[1][2] Formed in 1932 as a group of students who gathered to screen documentary films, it officially adopted the name International House Documentary Film Group in 1940. It has since expanded both the genres it screens and the activities it sponsors. HistoryDoc Films began in 1932 as the Documentary Film Group, as the students involved collected money to foot the bill for screening documentaries.[3][4] In 1940, it officially became the International House Documentary Film Group",[5] and by 1950, when an auditorium was in use for screening films, was already being hailed as "probably the oldest U.S. film society" by Film News.[2] ActivitiesAs the student organizers realized that they could not sustain the organization on documentaries alone, they expanded to incorporate fictional and experimental films. While the University's classes are in session, Doc Films hosts nightly screenings of films selected from one of these categories at Max Palevsky Cinema, located in Ida Noyes Hall. Doc's screening selection is eclectic. Each quarter of the academic year, students and members of the public propose series of ten films that are somehow related to each other (filmmaker, actor, language, genre, era, theme, etc.). The Programming Committee, which consists of any interested students or members of the public, then chooses among these proposals to schedule a different series for each weeknight (Sunday through Friday). Recent films, normally delayed one quarter from their nationwide release date, are shown on weekends. Occasionally, Doc screens films which have not yet been released to the general public in the area, including The Rules of the Game and Brokeback Mountain. The goings on of the theater are also completely run by volunteers, being students or interested members of the community. These volunteers sell and collect tickets, present films, and project film. Other events include showings of student films and conversations with faculty and professionals connected to the film industry. It has hosted a number of film directors, including Alfred Hitchcock, Woody Allen and John Ford. References1. ^{{cite news | url = http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2007/may/18/entertainment/chi-0518_docfilm_jumpmay18 | title = Keeping students in the dark for 75 years | last = Shaults | first = Jane | work = Chicago Tribune | date = May 18, 2007 | accessdate = 2009-07-07}} 2. ^1 {{cite journal | title = Film News | url = https://books.google.com/?id=GAsdAAAAMAAJ | author = Educational Film Library Association, American Film Center | volume = 11–13 | quote = At the University of Chicago the Documentary Film Group, probably the oldest US film society, has been operating continuously...since 1932. | publisher = Film News Co. | pages = 628 | year = 1950}} 3. ^{{cite book | title = The film snob's dictionary: an essential lexicon of filmological knowledge | last = Kamp | first = David |author2=Lawrence Levi | publisher = Broadway Books | year = 2006 | isbn = 0-7679-1876-2 | page = 26}} 4. ^Educational Film Library Association, American Film Center. "The group first pooled funds informally to screen documentaries." 5. ^{{cite web | url = http://docfilms.uchicago.edu/dev/about/ | title = About Doc Films | publisher = University of Chicago | accessdate = 2011-06-06}} External links
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