2026 FESTIVALApril 8-18, 2026Lansing, MI

The Capital City Film Festival celebrates artists from around the world by curating outstanding multimedia experiences for the community.

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Yalla Parkour

*MICHIGAN PREMIERE*

Presented in partnership with MSU Global Studies in the Arts and Humanities

Documentary

DATE
Saturday, April 18, 2026
TIME
2:30 PM
VENUE
Central United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall
FILMS RUNTIME
97 Minutes
TICKETS
$5
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Yalla Parkour
Yalla Parkour
Yalla Parkour
The Life of a Human Firecracker

Yalla Parkour

In her relentless pursuit of a memory that reinforces her sense of belonging, Areeb crosses paths with Ahmed, a parkour athlete in Gaza, sparking in a journey where conflicting aspirations intersect. Nostalgia meets with ambition, and the weight of a confined past meets with an unpredictable future.

DIRECTOR
Areeb Zuaiter
YEAR
2024
RUNTIME
89 Minutes
COUNTRY
Palestine, State of, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sweden

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Pre-Feature Short: A Michigan Frontrunner

The Life of a Human Firecracker

*DIRECTOR IN ATTENDANCE* A Michigan man turns danger into performance art in this fiery portrait of John Fletcher, better known as “Gehngis John the Human Firecracker.” Fletcher spent more than two decades captivating crowds by igniting over 800,000 firecrackers on his own body. Across 87 explosive shows, he transformed personal adversity into a one‑of‑a‑kind charitable mission, proving how passion, grit, and a spark of wild creativity can reshape a life and uplift a community.