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Join Rising Voices on April 26-30th for the Freep Film Festival's first annual AAPI Film Series. All screenings are free and will be held at the Detroit Historical Museum. For more information, go to: freepfilmfestival.com

Join Rising Voices as we celebrate our communities' stories at the Freep Film Festival's free AAPI Series spotlighting Asian American documentaries. freep.com/story/entertai… via Detroit Free Press

Thanks to One Detroit for highlighting two fest films - Like A Rolling Stone: The Life and Times of Ben Fong-Torres & Coldwater Kitchen. And some extra news: because of demand, we have added a 2nd screening of Coldwater Kitchen. Link to tix in bio. youtube.com/watch?v=gWh-2F…

TONIGHT 7:30p ET: Bryce Huffman on Detroit's #airpollution. We talk with Freep Film Festival filmmakers Suzanne Joe Kai and Brian Kaufman. A preview of Interlochen Center for the Arts' Cinderella. Plus, the #OneDetroitWeekend. Watch on Detroit PBS or on-demand at OneDetroitPBS.org.

The American-born son of Chinese immigrant parents Ben Fong-Torres broke barriers writing for Rolling Stone and becoming a full-time editor. This documentary chronicles Ben propelling its meteoric rise into popular culture. freepfilmfestival.com/life-times-of-…

Jason Wilson runs a Training Academy in Detroit where Black boys who are emotionally, mentally and spiritually in debt are trained and transformed. This film introduces us to four young recruits. Catch executive producer Laurence Fishburne after the film. freepfilmfestival.com/the-cave-of-ad…

Elvis Mitchell will host a live recording of his radio show “The Treatment,” with actor Laurence Fishburne, who appears in Mitchell’s film “Is That Black Enough for You?!?” and is an executive producer on another festival film, “The Cave of Adullam." freepfilmfestival.com/the-treatment/

Some exciting news for Opening Night! Nationally recognized Detroit Youth Choir will open the fest with a short a cappella performance before the film Coldwater Kitchen on Wed., April 26. Get their early to get a great seat - doors open at 6 p.m. & program begins around 7 p.m.

Paying forward lessons learned and advocating against anti-Black violence in memory of her son, Oscar, Wanda Johnson holds space for Angela Williams, whose teen son, Ulysses, survives a police encounter in Troy, Alabama, living to tell his story. freepfilmfestival.com/black-mothers-…

Fact is, you say #climatechange and people often look for the exit. But the documentary "Chasing Carbon Zero" by Miles O'Brien premiering on NOVA | PBS 4/26 (and streaming, too) is fascinating. freep.com/story/news/loc… via Detroit Free Press Freep Autos Freep Entertainment Ford Motor Company NOVA | PBS CNN PBS News

Cannabis company offering jobs to former metro Detroit Burger King workers. Burger King STIIIZY Insider Cannabis Metro Detroit News Detroit Free Press Freep Entertainment freep.com/story/news/loc…

The 2023 Freep Film Festival returns tomorrow, April 26-30, at select Detroit venues and through virtual screenings. Preview two films featured this year, the Detroit Free Press-produced "Coldwater Kitchen" and Suzanne Joe Kai's "Like A Rolling Stone: The Life and Times of Ben Fong Torres."

The Freep Film Festival is under way. Friday at 6:30, catch the world premiere of "Lead and Copper" about the #FlintWaterCrisis at the MI Science Center Planetarium. Afterwards, we'll discuss w director Will Hart & Flint resident Leon El-Alamin freepfilmfestival.com/lead-and-coppe…

These two great short films featuring Detroit artists Sydney James and Senghor Reid along with four other films are screening this Sat., April 29 at 2 p.m. at the Detroit Inst of Arts's Detroit Film Theatre as part of "Shorts #1 Creative Types." Come get inspired! freep.com/story/entertai…

Thom Powers and Elvis Mitchell, these two film powerhouses - and Michiganders - in conversation together at the Michigan Science Center for a recording of Pure Nonfiction podcast. Elvis Mitchell Thom Powers

Congratulations to the Freep Film Festival for an amazing opening night with the Michigan premiere of Coldwater Kitchen, a fascinating documentary on the criminal justice system, rehabilitation & the power of food. Check out the entire #freepfilmfest lineup: freepfilmfestival.com

The Detroit Free Press hosted Laurie Brown, editor & publisher of the @canadianrecord, a small Texas newspaper struggling to survive. Laurie & the paper are the subject of a short doc directed by Heather Courtney. The film is part of Shorts #4 screening 4/29 @ 8pm @ Michigan Science Center.

“Mike was part of the first wave of Western comics to perform for local audiences in the Middle East” freep.com/story/news/loc…

Country star morgan wallen hits the stage at Ford Field for 50,000 in the first of two sold-out nights in Detroit.