Editing Doc Films (section)

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'''Doc Films''', formerly the '''Documentary Film Group''', is a student-operated [[film society]] at the [[University of Chicago]]. According to a 2007 ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' article, it is "the longest-running collegiate film society in the country" and may be the oldest film society of any kind in the United States.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2007/may/18/entertainment/chi-0518_docfilm_jumpmay18 | title = Keeping students in the dark for 75 years | last = Shaults | first = Jane | work = [[Chicago Tribune]] | date = May 18, 2007 | access-date = 2009-07-07}}</ref><ref name=FilmNews>{{cite journal | title = Film News | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=GAsdAAAAMAAJ | author = Educational Film Library Association, American Film Center | volume = 11–13 | quote = At the University of Chicago the Documentary Film Group, probably the oldest US film society, has been operating continuously...since 1932. | publisher = Film News Co. | pages = 628 | year = 1950}}</ref> Formed in 1932 as a group of students who gathered to screen [[documentary film]]s, it officially adopted the name International House Documentary Film Group in 1940. It has since expanded both the genres it screens and the activities it sponsors.