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4 unusual facts about Glorianna Davenport


Glorianna Davenport

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.

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.

With the retirement of Leacock in 1987, Davenport joined the faculty and founded the Interactive cinema group.

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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