%3ci%3eBinghamton Babylon%3c/i%3e documents one of the crucial creative adventures in the history of the academic study of cinema. The emergence of a Cinema Department at what was then the State University of New York at Binghamton %28now Binghamton University%29 between 1967 and 1977 brought together a group of faculty and students whose dedication to the study of cinema produced a volatile mix of personalities%2c a remarkable body of films and videos%2c and graduates of the program who have invigorated the American mediaDesignHTMLWords: 82 Characters: 500