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Events
Detroit Film Theatre
Love, Gilda
- 7 p.m. Fri, Sep 21 | 4:30, 7 & 9:30 p.m. Sat, Sep 22 | 4:30 p.m. Sun, Sep 23
- Detroit Film Theatre
In Love, Gilda, director Lisa D’Apolito uses rare personal recordings and journal entries to tell Radner’s story in her own words.
The Sentence
- Sat, Sep 22
- 11:30 AM
- Detroit Institute of Arts - Lecture Hall
Drawing from hundreds of hours of footage, filmmaker Rudy Valdez shows the aftermath of his sister Cindy’s 15-year sentence for conspiracy charges related to crimes committed by her deceased ex-boyfriend—something known, in legal terms, as “the girlfriend problem.”
DFT Animation Club: The Best of the 2018 New York International Children's Film Festival
- 2 p.m. | Sat, Sep 22 & Sun, Sep 23
- Detroit Film Theatre
Explore new worlds without leaving the theater! Kid Flicks features audience favorites and award-winners from the 2018 New York International Children’s Film Festival, the largest film festival for kids and teens in North America.
In the Last Days of the City
- 7 p.m. Fri, Sep 28 | 7 & 9:30 p.m. Sat, Sep 29 | 2 & 4:30 p.m. Sun, Sep 30
- Detroit Film Theatre
Khalid Abdalla (The Kite Runner) stars as a Cairo-based filmmaker attempting to capture the zeitgeist of his city as the world changes around him—from personal love and loss to the fall of the Mubarak regime.
Portraits of America: Democracy on Film
- 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. Tue, Oct 2 & Wed, Oct 3
- Detroit Film Theatre
An extraordinary opportunity is being presented to Michigan teachers by the Film Foundation, Digital Arts, Film and Television (DAFT) and the DIA’s Detroit Film Theatre.
Madeline's Madeline
- 7 & 9:30 p.m. Sat, Oct 6 | 2 & 4:30 p.m. Sun, Oct 7 | 9:30 p.m. Sat, Oct 13
- Detroit Film Theatre
Eighteen-year-old newcomer Helena Howard makes a spectacular film debut, commanding the screen as Madeline, a brilliant and troubled New Jersey teen who becomes deeply involved with a local improvisational theater production
The Third Murder
- 7 p.m. Fri, Oct 12 & Sat, Oct 13 | 4:30 p.m. Sun, Oct 14
- Detroit Film Theatre
One of Japan’s most innovative directors makes a surprising turn to a classic genre: the murder mystery.
Coco
- 2 p.m. | Sat, Oct 13 & Sun, Oct 14
- Detroit Film Theatre
In Disney/Pixar’s vibrant tale of family, fun, and adventure, an aspiring young musician named Miguel embarks on an extraordinary journey to the magical land of his ancestors.
ARABY (Arábia)
- 7 & 9:30 p.m. Sat, Oct 20 | 4:30 p.m. Sun, Oct 21
- Detroit Film Theatre
Delicately written and unpredictable, Araby begins as a fable-like road movie about one young man who begins a journey in hopes of improving his life.
Good Manners
- 7 p.m. Fri, Oct 26 | 7 & 9:30 p.m. Sat, Oct 27 | 2 p.m Sun, Oct 28
- Detroit Film Theatre
In São Paulo, lonely nurse Clara (Isabel Zuaa ) is hired by a mysterious and wealthy woman to be the nanny of her soon-to-be born-child .