Conceived of as an in-depth cinematic case study of urban change before during and after the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition, the interactive video disc version of the film as delivered on a Project Athena workstation in 1987 invited students to view the movie based on a particular story thread or character and allowed students to edit material from the film and place it into their written papers.
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A graduate of Mount Holyoke College in 1966, Davenport made documentary films in New York and Maine before becoming a lecturer at M.I.T's Film Section directed by cinema verite pioneer Richard Leacock in 1977.
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With the retirement of Leacock in 1987, Davenport joined the faculty and founded the Interactive cinema group.
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A co-founder of the MIT Media Lab, Davenport founded and directed the Interactive cinema research group from 1987–2004 and the Media Fabrics research group from 2004-2008.
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