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Events
The Tsugua Diaries
- 7:00 p.m. Fri, Aug 12 | 7:00 p.m. Sat, Aug 13 | 2:00 p.m. Sun, Aug 14, 2022
- Detroit Film Theatre Auditorium
The daily lives of characters Crista, Carloto, and João, it gradually becomes clear (if the title hadn’t given it away already!), that this diary of the trio’s month is unfolding in reverse
The Adventures of Prince Achmed
- Sat, Aug 13 , 2022
- 2:00 PM
- Detroit Film Theatre Auditorium
Lotte Reiniger’s The Adventures of Prince Achmed premiered in Germany in 1926, whereupon it was immediately hailed as the world’s first feature-length animated film.
Sambizanga (newly restored)
- 7:00 p.m. Fri, Aug 19 | 7:00 p.m. Sat, Aug 20 | 2:00 p.m. Sun, Aug 21, 2022
- Detroit Film Theatre Auditorium
A forceful, stirring evocation of the Angolan population’s plight before the revolution and their intensifying political consciousness during it.
Hello, Bookstore
- 7:00 p.m. Sat, Aug 27 | 2:00 p.m. Sun, Aug 28, 2022
- Detroit Film Theatre Auditorium
In the shadow of the pandemic, a small town rallies to protect a beloved local bookstore in its hour of need.
Tom Lee's The Great Zodiac Animal Race
- Sat, Aug 27 , 2022
- 2:00 PM
- Detroit Film Theatre Auditorium
A live-streaming puppet show that will be projected on the DFT's giant screen.
Distant (Uzak)
- 7:00 p.m. Sat, Sep 3 | 2:00 p.m. Sun, Sep 4 2022
- Detroit Film Theatre Auditorium
A subtly comic psychological dance that can’t help but suggest an austere yet witty Turkish tribute to Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple.
The Ape Star
- Sat, Sep 3 , 2022
- 2:00 PM
- Detroit Film Theatre Auditorium
A warm tale of love over greed, the joy in the things that make us different, and the life-changing magic of sometimes letting things get a little messy.
Blue Island
- Sun, Sep 11 , 2022
- 2:00 PM
- Detroit Film Theatre Auditorium
An elegiac corollary to the fiery documentaries that captured Hong Kong's recent protest movement.
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
- 7:00 p.m. Fri, Sep 16 | 2:00 & 7:00 p.m. Sat, Sep 17 | 4:00 p.m. Sun, Sep 18, 2022
- Detroit Film Theatre Auditorium
“Francis Coppola's heartfelt tribute to Preston Tucker turns out to be one of his most personal and successful movies.” –Jonathan Rosenbaum