Events

Detroit Film Theatre 
A woman in bed with her fingers in her ears and ten men surrounding her while singing
In the Museum  Free  Detroit Film Theatre  Thursdays at the Museum

Thursdays at the Museum: The Palm Beach Story (film)

  • Thu, Nov 21 , 2019
  • 1:00 PM
  • Detroit Institute of Arts - Detroit Film Theatre

Every Thursday at 1 p.m. the Detroit Institute of Arts offers programs for adults 55+.

Nanook and Sedna, looking forlorn
In the Museum  Detroit Film Theatre

Ága

  • 7:00 p.m. Fri, Nov 22 | 4:30 & 7:00 p.m. Sat, Nov 23 | 4:30 p.m. Sun, Nov 24, 2019
  • Detroit Film Theatre

In a yurt in frozen, edge-of-the-world Siberia, an indigenous couple, Nanook and Sedna, live day to day in the self-sufficient manner of their ancestors.

Two girls on a beach
In the Museum  Detroit Film Theatre  Family

DFT Family | Tia and Piujuq

  • 2:00 p.m. | Sat, Nov 23 & Sun, Nov 24, 2019
  • Detroit Film Theatre

Tia, a young Syrian girl new to Montreal, longs for friends when she accidentally discovers a magic portal.

A photo of the Detroit film theatre
In the Museum  Detroit Film Theatre

Il Cinema Ritrovato: Festival of Restored Cinema Masterworks

  • Nov 29 - Dec 1, 2019
  • Detroit Film Theatre

Il Cinema Ritrovato is a three-day festival of world cinema masterworks from the Italian film archive Cineteca di Bologna.

Rows of older television screens
In the Museum  Detroit Film Theatre

Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

  • 7:00 p.m. Fri, Dec 20 | 4:30 & 7:00 p.m. Sat, Dec 21 | 2:00 & 4:30 p.m. Sun, Dec 22, 2019
  • Detroit Film Theatre

Recorder is a mesmerizing study of an obsessed archivist who believed taping was activism – an unassailable record of the truth

Villagers climbing a mountain
In the Museum  Detroit Film Theatre

The Mill and The Cross

  • Sat, Dec 21 , 2019
  • 2:00 PM
  • Detroit Film Theatre

The Mill and the Cross focuses on a dozen characters whose stories unfold and intertwine in a landscape populated by villagers and red-caped horsemen.

Large, odd shaped house with a face
In the Museum  Free  Detroit Film Theatre  Family

Tea-Time Theatre: Howl’s Moving Castle

  • Thu, Dec 26 , 2019
  • 2:00 PM
  • Detroit Film Theatre

On a quest to break a spell, Sophie climbs aboard Howl’s magnificent moving castle and into a new life of wonder and adventure.

Chulas Fronteras
In the Museum  Detroit Film Theatre

Chulas Fronteras (Beautiful Borders)

  • 4:00 p.m. | Thu, Dec 26 - Mon, Dec 30, 2019
  • Detroit Film Theatre

Selected by the Library of Congress as a national treasure, Chulas Fronteras is a zesty introduction to musica Norteña and the culture of the Texas-Mexico border.

A black woman in a hallway with thin, brightly colored lines painted on the walls and ceilings
In the Museum  Detroit Film Theatre

British Arrows 2019

  • 7:00 p.m. | Thu, Dec 26 - Mon, Dec 30, 2019
  • Detroit Film Theatre

The uniquely creative “adverts” of British TV continue to dazzle and delight; they’re annually recognized with the prestigious British Arrows awards.

Eggs with some boxtrolls behind them
In the Museum  Free  Detroit Film Theatre  Family

Tea-Time Theatre: The Boxtrolls

  • Fri, Dec 27 , 2019
  • 2:00 PM
  • Detroit Film Theatre

Orphaned at infancy, Eggs was raised by Boxtrolls, underground dwellers who scavenge the streets of Cheesebridge by night.

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