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In the mid-Sixties, film programming was already a part of Boston College life, whether it was the classical, serious films of international fare run by the Sodality, or the new releases in 35 mm. shown in Devlin Hall by Reverend Robert Hoey, S.J. Today, the Cinema Society fulfills the first function with a more classic approach, and the Film Board the second role, that of weekend entertainment with relatively recent releases.
In the late Sixties and early Seventies, a Film Studies Program was introduced by President Seavy Joyce, S.J. who hired filmmaker Gus Jaccachi to develop Film Studies with an artistic dimension. It was considered a special independent program directly under the President's Office.
In 1982, the Film Studies Program took on a new dimension with a new series of courses, more part-time personnel, and above all a link with the Communication Department. John Michalczyk was appointed as Director of Film Studies, and a new program was initiated as a Film Studies Minor. The Minor involved a series of six courses in the Fine Arts and the Communications department. Three courses were -- and are still -- required: Film Making, History of European Film, and a relevant general Communication Course, such as Media Effects Theory. The other three courses are electives and can also be taken in other departments such as Screenwriting in the English Department or American Film in History/American Studies.
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