2025 FESTIVALApril 2-12, 2025Lansing, MI

Ultimate Citizens

*MICHIGAN PREMIERE*

Coming of Age Documentary Family Social Justice
  • Ultimate Citizens
  • ULTIMATE CITIZENS
  • ULTIMATE CITIZENS
  • ULTIMATE CITIZENS
  • Senghor Reid paints at his studio on Sunday, March 13, 2022 in Detroit, Mich.

ULTIMATE CITIZENS

In ULTIMATE CITIZENS, Jamshid is an Iranian who came to study in 1970’s America, and due to the Revolution, never went “home.” As a guidance counselor in Seattle Public Schools, Jamshid’s best work takes place on the playing field with “his kids,” the children of refugees and immigrants. Their parents are in the grips of their own struggles to make a living and a home in a strange land. Mr. Jamshid is the charismatic, fiery, funny human with a Frisbee in hand, who shows that love wins on the field, off the field, at home with family, or boldly forging a new community, in a new country – one kid, chicken, ultra-endurance race, and friend at a time.

  • DIRECTOR
    Francine Strickwerda
  • YEAR
    2023
  • RUNTIME
    52 Minutes
  • LANGUAGE
    English, Farsi
  • COUNTRY
    United States
Pre-Feature Short: A Michigan Frontrunner

Senghor Reid: Make Way for Tomorrow

Filmmakers Desmond Love and Eden Sabolboro illuminate the world of visual artist Senghor Reid, who draws inspiration for his paintings from current events and from his hometown of Detroit. Reid’s colorful and evocative paintings of human subjects in strange yet familiar environments inspire audiences with future visions of hope and possibility.

  • DIRECTOR
    Eden Sabolboro, Desmond Love
  • YEAR
    2023
  • RUNTIME
    13 Minutes
  • LANGUAGE
    English
  • COUNTRY
    USA
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