*MICHIGAN PREMIERE* For most of the 20th century, government agents systematically forced Native American children from their homes and placed them with white families. Now, for the first time, they are being asked to share their stories.
*MICHIGAN PREMIERE* Bajjar; a village of complete illiterates with no school. Bansi wants to carve a different future for his younger brother and other village kids. He starts an eatery by the highway and stumbles upon a unique idea to ask customers for their time to teach instead of paying money for the food.
A curated collection of international short films with subtitles. Selections include: Royal Blue / Alfonso - I'm Happy / I Remember Ashes / On Air / Insane Love / Expression / Dario
*MICHIGAN PREMIERE* A love triangle emerges around a rock and roll musician, his protege and his wife in 1980s Russia.
*MICHIGAN PREMIERE // DIRECTOR IN ATTENDANCE* When her boyfriend Felix asks her to move to California with him, Olympia, on the cusp of 30, has to decide if she’s going to change along with the world around her, or get left behind.
Selections include: Information Superhighway / The Hobbyist / Recovery / Creatures of the Night / R&R / Beast / Sombra City / The Glimpse / Caronte / After Ashes
Jerry Norris, The Fledge (moderator)Trey Helten, appears in the filmJulia Miller, Punks with Lunch LansingPamela Lynch, Harm Reduction MichiganNick DeMott
The program this month will be a showing of a provocative and insightful documentary film, Where To Invade Next, directed by Michael Moore. In this film, Moore humorously adopts the role of an "invader" traveling to various countries around the world to "steal" their best ideas and policies. His goal is to unearth and bring