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2023 Detroit Free Press Film Festival features AAPI film series, Freep-produced documentary
Two Freep Film Festival filmmakers, Suzanne Joe Kai, director of “Like a Rolling Stone: The Life and Times of Ben Fong-Torres,” and “Coldwater Kitchen” co-director Brian Kaufman, talk about the creative process behind each of their documentaries.
Read More‘Is That Black Enough For You?!?’ documentary chronicles Black cinema revolution of the 1970s
Acclaimed filmmaker, film critic and historian Elvis Mitchell joins host Stephen Henderson to discuss his Netflix documentary “Is That Black Enough For You?!?” and the way it changed representation in cinema.
Read MoreUnder the microscope: Former Rochester Hills City Clerk Tina Barton addresses election misinformation
Detroit Free Press Politics Editor Emily Lawler sits down with former Rochester Hills City Clerk Tina Barton to address misinformation that spread after the 2020 election and posit how the 2022 election process will turn out.
Read MoreAbsentee or in person: Michigan voters react to key issues, races in the midterm election
Where do Michigan voters stand on key issues ahead of the Nov. 8, 2022 midterm election? One Detroit senior producer Bill Kubota teamed up with Detroit Free Press Lansing Bureau Chief Paul Egan to talk with voters from across Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties about who they’ll cast their ballots for and where they land on the key issues like absentee voting, the economy and abortion.
Read MoreBehind the ballot box: Detroit election inspectors receive training ahead of 2022 midterms
New plans for how Detroit will verify votes during the Aug. 2 primary election will include more stringent protocols on the number of challengers present as election inspectors count and verify ballots. One Detroit’s Bill Kubota teams up with the Detroit Free Press for a visit to one of Detroit’s election inspector trainings for a look at what goes on behind the scenes of elections and what election workers are required to know to preserve the democratic process.
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