What Students Are Saying:
“I wanted to thank you for a year of incredible movies, information and learning. Your classes were some of my favorites in my undergrad career at SUNY Albany. Through the different film movements we learned about, we also learned about history and culture, and how film movements became movements! I found it mentally stimulating and historically significant, especially the blaxploitation films (well, all of them really!). If I wasn’t so far into my education when I first attended your International Film Movements class, I would have considered switching majors! I will say, though, that although I love watching movies I’ll never see them in the same way.”
— White Female Student, Non-traditional
“I loved this class, and thank you so much for teaching films with kindness.”
— International Student
“Just want to take a second and thank Professor Tsai for looking out for us and giving this assignment to talk about what’s going on in our lives.”
“Most of my professors have given their condolences or given blanket statements like ‘The school is here for you,’ but no one was quite as caring and interested as Professor Tsai. Thank you for that from the bottom of my heart. It meant a lot to me to read your email to us as a class and it truly felt like you respected our position. It makes this whole transition feel a lot better.”
— White Male Student, commenting on the sudden transition to online learning due to COVID-19
“I went to Boston this weekend to see Agnes Varda’s film, Varda by Agnes, and I brought a gift back for you as a thank you for this semester. I absolutely loved your class and it really fueled my passion for cinema. Agnes Varda is such an inspiration to me now and I saw this and thought it was the least I could do for all the knowledge you’ve given me this semester.”
— Female Student, Art History Major
“I really really enjoyed these films and they really challenged me (in a good way). I feel incredibly thankful that I was able to watch them, and I hope that I wasn’t picking on them too much. I think this class is fantastic, it’s a highlight of my week, and it has an amazing teacher.”