WELCOME TO COMMIE HIGH explores an experiment in public education: Community High School in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The film begins by documenting the school’s humanistic, anti-establishment origins in the early 1970s. By the ’90s, enrollment demands for this alternative, small school led to a wild craze of long lines, camp outs and convoluted lottery systems … Continue reading See “Welcome to Commie High” at the 2024 Greater Farmington Film Festival
Tag: Riviera Cinema
See “UnCharitable” at the 2024 Greater Farmington Film Festival
What if charity could be transformed from a gesture to an answer—to solving the world’s greatest problems? What if everything we’ve been taught about charitable giving is wrong? What if it’s undermining the very causes we love the most? UNCHARITABLE is a one-of-a-kind movie that shows how our charitable traditions and prejudices have suffocated the charitable sector … Continue reading See “UnCharitable” at the 2024 Greater Farmington Film Festival
See “Mourning in Lod” at the 2024 Greater Farmington Film Festival
From the director of Dancing in Jaffa, MOURNING IN LOD follows the fates of three families that are inextricably intertwined in a vicious cycle of violence in the city of Lod, Israel, where Israelis and Palestinians live side by side. The outpouring of love, anger and forgiveness that follows offers a glimpse of morning light to … Continue reading See “Mourning in Lod” at the 2024 Greater Farmington Film Festival
See “Summer Qamp” at the 2024 Greater Farmington Film Festival
SUMMER QAMP is a documentary following a group of LGBTQ+ youth at an idyllic lakeside camp in Alberta. The campers enjoy the traditional summer camp experience in a safe, affirming environment. Buried within the woods of Alberta, Canada sits camp fYrefly, a haven for LGBTQIA2S+ teens, far away from the fierce political battle currently being waged … Continue reading See “Summer Qamp” at the 2024 Greater Farmington Film Festival
See “Common Ground” at the 2024 Greater Farmington Film Festival
COMMON GROUND is the sweeping and uplifting story of the pioneers of the “Regenerative Movement” who are forgoing the toxic seeds and sprays pushed by Big Ag in order to produce tremendous quantities of nutritionally dense food while bringing our entire ecosystem back to life. COMMON GROUND is the highly anticipated sequel to the juggernaut … Continue reading See “Common Ground” at the 2024 Greater Farmington Film Festival
Preview the 2024 Greater Farmington Film Festival
Check out the video below for a brief introduction to some of the films screening at the 2024 GFFF and then head over to the GFFF website for more details on the festival and to purchase your tickets!