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Film Festivals
Human Rights Watch Film Festival
Selections from the Human Rights Watch Traveling Festival, 21–23
April. Three films were screened in conjunction with the opening of
the special exhibition, Thy Brothers’ Keeper. 42 people attended.
Greater Flint Arts Council (Flint Film Festival)
GFAC/FIA partnership for the Flint Film Festival, 27–30 April.
More than 60 feature films, documentaries, and short videos
were presented on four screens at the FIA (FIA Theater, Isabel
Hall, Fleckenstein Video Gallery, and Art School Lecture
Room). Well over 1,100 people attended, and the response
was overwhelmingly positive. As a partner/presenter, the FIA
contributed $23,500 in services and site management.
Lenore Marwil Jewish Film Festival
Lenore Marwil Jewish Film Festival, 7–9 May. In partnership with
the Flint Jewish Federation, seven films representing the Jewish
Diaspora were screened over three days. 376 people attended.
As a partner/presenter, the FIA contributed $11,000 in services and
site management.
Hip Hop Film Festival
The Hip Hop Film Festival (HHFF), 28–30 July, was an offshoot of
The Center for Hip Hop Education, a non-profit arts organization
promoting the idea of collaborative learning as a positive force
for change. Touring in the U.S. and abroad throughout the year,
HHFF showcases progressive urban cinema that addresses social
and individual responsibility while countering the apathy, cynicism
and violence so pervasive in society today. 9 films were screened.
95 people attended. As a partner/presenter, the FIA contributed
$2,500 in services and site management.
FIA Theater Films
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Ancillary Activities
December 30
Special pre-film event What
is Your Alternative? A Cultural
Response to Andy Warhol was
presented in collaboration
with The Uncommon Sense
newspaper. In conjunction
with the closing of the special
exhibition Andy Warhol,
A to Z: A Retrospective of
the Work of the Master of
Pop Art, the event included
readings of poetry and prose
selected by newspaper
editorial staff, in addition to
musical performances by the
bands “taste this!” (Flint) and
“Drafted by Minotaurs” (Ann
Arbor), and a presentation
of the documentary films
Whatever You Destroy and
DIG! (a documentary about
the talented underground
musicians Anton Newcombe,
leader of The Brian Jonestown
Massacre, and Courtney Taylor,
head of The Dandy Warhols).
47 people attended.
March 24–26
Q&A panel discussion followed
screening of After Innocence.
This documentary film is about
seven wrongfully imprisoned
men and their emotional
journey to rebuild their lives
after DNA evidence proved
their innocence. Included
a police officer, an army
sergeant and a young father
sent to prison and even death
row for decades for crimes
they did not commit. The
film raises basic questions
about human rights and
society’s moral obligation to
the exonerated, spotlighting
flaws in our criminal justice
system. Following the Sunday
screening, audience members
participated in a discussion
with Michigan DNA exoneree
Ken Wyniemko and Professor
Norman Fell, Director of The
Innocence Project of Cooley
Law School in Lansing. 127
people attended.
April 28–30
Q&A discussions with a number
of filmmakers in attendance at
the Flint Film Festival.
May 8
Jewish Film Festival Q&A
discussion with Professor Guy
Stern of Wayne State University,
one of the subjects featured
in the documentary film The
Ritchie Boys (about a group of
German refugees recruited by
the U.S. Army to be intelligence
agents during WWII). 88 people
attended.
July 28–30
Hip Hop Film Festival. Q&A
discussions with filmmakers
Kevin Fitzgerald, Todd Hickey,
and Rachel Raimist. Live
performances by Michiganbased
hip hop musicians. Art
installation in FIA Lobby with
opening reception. Workshops
and panel discussions on
music, writing, production, and
computer applications.