Films @ The Carr

Thursday October 16^th

ARTISTS ON SCREEN

Featuring short films from the Firelight Media/American Master series “In The Making” about Detroit artists Sydney G. James and Senghor Reid who will be present for a conversation following the screening:

Make Way for Tomorrow, 2023,13 min.

Filmmakers Desmond Love and Eden Sabolboro illuminate the world of visual artist Senghor Reid, whose colorful and evocative paintings of human subjects in unexpected yet familiar environments inspire audiences with future visions of hope and possibility.

How We See Us, 2023 16 min.

Filmmaker Juanita Anderson explores the work of visual artist Sydney G. James whose murals and large-scale paintings amplify Black women, family and community through bold brushstrokes and hues that evoke the complexities of Black reality, joy, pain, and resilience.

Thursday, October 30

The Light of truth: Richard Hunt's Monument to Ida B. Wells

This feature documentary weaves together sculptor Richard Hunt’s process and life story, with that of civil rights crusader, suffragist and antilynching activist, Ida B. Wells. Hunt creates the Light of Truth monument for the Bronzeville community at the former site of the Ida B. Wells Homes. Wells’ history and the sculptor’s history intersect in their mutual reaction and actions as they confront the injustices of racism with their work.

The late Richard Hunt has been a major figure in American art for over 40 years. As we see the statue being developed, we follow Wells’ life from being born into slavery in Mississippi to becoming a teacher, a journalist and an anti-lynching activist. We follow her to Chicago and to her protest at the Chicago World’s Fair, her work as a suffragist and how she inspired the BLM movement. We follow Richard Hunt’s career, the philosophy of his work and why he was chosen to create this monument. “Hunt’s graceful works are inspired by his life experiences and his African-American heritage, reflecting the rhythm of poetry, the intensity of the spiritual and the enlightenment of the prophet” said Kinishana Homan Conwill, Director, The Studio Museum of Harlem.

Thursday November 20^th

Love, Joy and Power: Tools for Liberation, directed by Daresha Kyi, 2025, 96 min.

Follows the work of the Black Voters Matter Fund and its founders Cliff Albright and LaTosha Brown and their efforts to foster empowerment in African American communities across the country.

Thursday December 18^th

Finding Sanctuary: An Evening of Films from the Detroit Narrative Agency

Amidst grief, loss, and the threat of erasure, local filmmakers create new narratives to celebrate memory, identity and legacy.