52 E Forest Ave
Detroit, MI 48201
USA
We are hosting a free public film screening this Saturday, Dec. 17 @ 1:00PM!
>> Filming the Future of Detroit – Young people’s perspectives on the future of the city.
These short films offer rare opportunities to see young people’s perspectives on the future of Detroit. They see and imagine Detroit through music, creative projects, job prospects, architecture, religion, poetry, life after incarceration, community organizing, and apartment hunting. In thinking about the future, they think about the extent to which Detroit is representative of American futures more broadly, and to what extent it is the exception. They also examine Detroit’s place in the world. The screenings are free and open to the public. Food will be provided!
The Project: Filming the Future of Detroit
Currently in its fourth iteration, this workshop teaches students to use film to engage Detroit and its future from personal, political, and historical perspectives. Over a semester, participants simultaneously think, learn, and imagine Detroit through music, dance, anthropology, art, theater, architecture, literature, history, night life, day life, school life, social life, and life after school. This project is a collaboration between young people from Detroit and students from the University of Michigan.
This event has been supported by the Telluride House, the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, the Department of Anthropology, the Center for Research Learning and Teaching, and the Center for Engaged Academic Learning at the University of Michigan. For more information, please see http://filmingfuturecities.org/