Madonna University, Livonia
Madonna’s long-planned $21 million Science and Media Center opened in Fall of 2009, just over a year after the film incentives passed, culminating a decade of strategic efforts to substantially elevate its newly named Broadcast and Cinema Arts (BCA) Program. With the addition last year of Adjunct Assistant Professor Christopher Coppola (nephew of Detroit native and director Francis Ford Coppola), Madonna now offers students a plethora of the latest high def and digital technologies in film, TV, radio and internet media, all entirely digital and tape free.
The school’s Project Accessible Hollywood (PAH) Fest, created by Coppola, allows students to learn from professionals in Hollywood and Michigan, and also coach other filmmakers who have a story to tell.
Madonna also started producing its first commercial TV show, partnering with new publication Michigan Movie Magazine to thoroughly cover the state’s burgeoning film industry, producing a 30-episode season. The school already produces Madonna Magazine, which airs on Archdiocese of Detroit and OSTN television networks.