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Freedom Fields
*MICHIGAN PREMIERE* FREEDOM FIELDS follows three women and their football team in post-revolution Libya, as the country descends into civil war and the utopian hopes of the Arab Spring begin to fade. An intimate film about hope, struggle and sacrifice in a land where dreams seem a luxury. A love letter to sisterhood and the power of team.
This Teacher
*MICHIGAN PREMIERE* THIS TEACHER follows a French Muslim woman as she travels to NYC to visit her childhood best friend. When the reunion proves disastrous, she disappears to a remote cabin upstate but discovers that she’s not alone. Her sojourn in nature descends into a terrifying study of the intolerance and suspicion she encounters and reflects back to an Islamophobic America.
Bad Bad Winter
*MICHIGAN PREMIERE* After the passing of her grandmother, a businessman’s daughter goes back to her birthplace. After a little while, she receives the visit of her former classmates but their reunion take an unexpected turn. Screens with the short film Disfluency.
No! The Rape Documentary 25th Anniversary Screening & Panel
*FREE* NO! explores the international atrocity of rape cisgender women by cisgender men, and other forms of sexual assault through the first person testimonies, scholarship, spirituality, activism, and cultural work of Black people in the U.S.
The Class of 2018 B.C.
*WORLD PREMIERE // DIRECTOR IN ATTENDANCE* On the brink of their college graduation, a small-town band known as The Class of 2018 B.C., face the brutal reality of the final days before graduation, pushing each other to their limits as their friendships fall apart and their futures just begin.
Sunday Afternoon Shorts
Selections include: The King of Hearts Magic Society / I’m Sorry / Not Alone / Paynes Find / Voice / Exposure / ASIA A / I Just Wanted to See You
I Can Only Be Mary Lane
*FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE* At 82, Mary Lane is one of the last legendary Blues musicians that made the Great Migration from America’s south. Although widely respected in Chicago, she has never gotten the recognition she deserves. This film follows Mary as she records just her second studio album and first in over 20 years. Screens with the short films The Bastille Concerto and Off the Grid.
Workshop: Crowdfunding for Filmmakers [FREE]
*FREE* Learn the tools for creative independence by studying the techniques of successful crowdfunding campaigns: how to identify your audiences, bring them on board, build meaningful partnerships, and create the most enticing possible pitch to audiences.
Fortnight Film Contest [Screening & Awards]
CCFF presents the Fortnight Film Contest – a competition for filmmakers in Michigan – in conjunction with the festival! Come see the top films made as part of the 2019 contest as determined by a wide panel of judges. More than $5,000 in cash prizes will be awarded!
Major Murphy
Listening to Major Murphy’s tracks is almost like walking on a breezy fall morning, hearing the songs spilling out the windows and down the street. Venture to peer through a window and you just might catch a glimpse of the magic.