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Robert Grosvenor ___MASK20___ ( November 5 , 1925 -- June 21 , 2014 ) was an American academic , anthropologist , and documentary filmmaker who was the Director of the Film Study Center at ___MASK14___ University from 1957 to 1997 . Starting in 1950s , he is known for his work in the field of visual anthropology and films like Dead Birds , and Forest of Bliss . In 2011 , a retrospective of his work was held at Film Forum , ___MASK11___ . ___MASK31___ is the ___MASK54___ densely populated borough of ___MASK11___ City , its economic and administrative center , and the city ' s historical birthplace . The borough is coextensive with ___MASK11___ County , founded on November 1 , 1683 , as one of the original counties of the U . S . state of ___MASK11___ . The borough consists mostly of ___MASK31___ Island , bounded by the East , Hudson , and Harlem rivers , and also includes several small adjacent islands and Marble Hill , a small neighborhood on the U . S . mainland . ___MASK87___ is a city in Middlesex County , Massachusetts , United States , in the ___MASK66___ metropolitan area . The ___MASK26___ Society for Historic Preservation ( GVSHP ) is a non - profit membership organization that seeks to document , honor and preserve the architectural heritage and cultural history of several downtown ___MASK11___ City neighborhoods : ___MASK26___ , the Far West Village , the Meatpacking District , the South Village , NoHo , and the East Village . ___MASK14___ University is a private Ivy League research university in ___MASK87___ , Massachusetts , established in 1636 , whose history , influence , and wealth have made it one of the world ' s most prestigious universities . ___MASK26___ , often referred to by locals as simply " the Village ", is a neighborhood on the west side of Lower Manhattan , ___MASK11___ City . ___MASK26___ has been known as an artists ' haven , the Bohemian capital , the cradle of the modern LGBT movement , and the East Coast birthplace of both the Beat and ' 60s counterculture movements . " Groenwijck ", one of the Dutch names for the village ( meaning " Green District "), was Anglicized to " Greenwich ". Two of ___MASK11___ ' s private colleges , ___MASK11___ University ( NYU ) and the New School , are located in ___MASK26___ . A research university is a university that expects all its tenured and tenure - track faculty to continuously engage in research , as opposed to merely requiring it as a condition of an initial appointment or tenure . Such universities can be recognized by their strong focus on innovative research and the prestige of their brand names . On the one hand , research universities strive to recruit faculty who are the ___MASK54___ brilliant minds in their disciplines in the world , and their students enjoy the opportunity to learn from such experts . On the other hand , new students are often disappointed to realize their undergraduate courses at research universities are overly academic and fail to provide vocational training with immediate " real world " applications ; but many employers value degrees from research universities because they know that such coursework develops fundamental skills like critical thinking . The Ivy League is a collegiate athletic conference comprising sports teams from eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States . The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group beyond the sports context . The eight institutions are Brown University , ___MASK15___ University , Cornell University , Dartmouth College , Harvard University , the University of Pennsylvania , Princeton University , and Yale University . The term " Ivy League " has connotations of academic excellence , selectivity in admissions , and social elitism . Visual anthropology is a subfield of social anthropology that is concerned , in part , with the study and production of ethnographic photography , film and , since the mid - 1990s , new ___MASK99___ . More recently it has been used by historians of science and visual culture . Although sometimes wrongly conflated with ethnographic film , Visual Anthropology encompasses much more , including the anthropological study of all visual representations such as dance and other kinds of performance , museums and archiving , all visual arts , and the production and reception of mass ___MASK99___ . Histories and analyses of representations from many cultures are part of Visual Anthropology : research topics include sandpaintings , tattoos , sculptures and reliefs , cave paintings , scrimshaw , jewelry , hieroglyphics , paintings and photographs . Also within the province of the subfield are studies of human vision , properties of ___MASK99___ , the relationship of visual form and function , and applied , collaborative uses of visual representations . Film Forum is a nonprofit movie theater at 209 West ___MASK33___ Street in ___MASK2___ Square , Manhattan . It began in 1970 as an alternative screening space for independent films , with 50 folding chairs , one projector and a $ 19 , 000 annual budget . Karen Cooper became director in 1972 . Its current Greenwich Village cinema ( on ___MASK33___ Street , west of Sixth Avenue ) was built in 1990 . Film Forum is a 3 - screen cinema open 365 days a year , with 280 , 000 annual admissions , nearly 500 seats , 60 employees , 4500 members and an operating budget of $ 5 million . Film Forum is the only autonomous nonprofit cinema in ___MASK11___ City and one of the few in the United States of America . In 1994 , Film Forum was honored with a Village Award by the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation . Forest of Bliss is a 1986 documentary film by ethnographic filmmaker Robert ___MASK20___ about everyday life in Benares , India . A movie theater or movie theatre ( also called a cinema ) is a venue , usually a building , that contains an auditorium for viewing films ( also called movies or motion pictures ), for entertainment . ___MASK54___ , but not all , movie theaters are commercial operations catering to the general public , who attend by purchasing a ticket . Some movie theaters , however , are operated by non - profit organizations or societies which charge members a membership fee to view films . New ___MASK99___ ___MASK54___ commonly refers to content available on - demand through the Internet , accessible on any digital device , usually containing interactive user feedback and creative participation . Common examples of new ___MASK99___ include websites such as online newspapers , blogs , wikis , video games and social ___MASK99___ . A defining characteristic of new ___MASK99___ is dialogue . New Media transmit content through connection and conversation . It enables people around the world to share , comment on , and discuss a wide variety of topics . Unlike any of past technologies , New Media is grounded on an interactive community .