UPDATE: Please join us after the screening on Thursday, September 3 at 7:00 p.m. for a discussion with local labor law experts. Participating in the discussion afterwards will be Tony Paris, Lead Attorney at Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice; Jonathan Contreras, organizer/activist and United Hispanic […]
Matt Shepard is a Friend of Mine is a powerful feature documentary about Matthew Shepard, the young gay man who was tortured and murdered in one of the most notorious hate crimes in U.S. history. Directed by Michele Josue, a close friend of Shepard’s, the film revisits the […]
Brothers on the Line Documentary, history – NR – 80 min – Tickets $8 – Get tickets online Wednesday, February 11 at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, February 15 at 5:30 p.m. Though Labor Day is a national holiday, few people who have employer-provided health insurance, sick days, vacation time, […]
How does a 16-year-old honor student become a bank robber? The powerful Spike-Lee-produced Evolution of a Criminal, which starts its Detroit-exclusive premiere run on Friday, October 24, attempts to answer this question. First-time director Darius Clark Monroe turns the camera on his own life in this gripping and […]
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND Vanishing Pearls: The Oystermen of Pointe à la Hache NR – 80 min – Tickets $7 – Get tickets online Sat, May 10: 5:00 p.m. Tues, May 13: 7:15 Following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Nailah Jefferson’s Vanishing Pearls chronicles the untold story […]
I feel so sorry for people who are not living in Detroit. — Grace Lee Boggs We are pleased to present American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs, starting Friday, April 4. What does it mean to be an American revolutionary today? Grace Lee Boggs is a […]
BAND OF SISTERS tells the story of Catholic nuns and their work for social justice after Vatican II in the 1960s. It focuses on the life experiences and current-day stories of more than a dozen nuns. Many of them have been central agents in the great social movements […]