Michigan Movies

  • 2021
    For Your Convenience

    For Your Convenience

    For Your Convenience

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    A short film following a day in the life of an Asian American woman as she attempts to get by during the height of the pandemic while beginning to...

    For Your Convenience
  • 2018
    The Thing on the Shelf

    The Thing on the Shelf

    The Thing on the Shelf

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    A few days before Christmas, a child goes to bed with dreams of sugar plums and Santa Claus in her head. But when she awakens, it isn't to the sound...

    The Thing on the Shelf
  • 1949
    Playlands of Michigan

    Playlands of Michigan

    Playlands of Michigan

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    This Traveltalk series short visits several popular vacation spots in Michigan. Among them are Saugatuck, which hosts a school for artists during the...

    Playlands of Michigan
  • 2022
    A French Cigarette

    A French Cigarette

    A French Cigarette

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    Two New York poets talk about art, poetry, and smoke in this French New Wave inspired short.

    A French Cigarette
  • 2023
    A Two Hearted Tale

    A Two Hearted Tale

    A Two Hearted Tale

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    “A Two Hearted Tale” is a heartfelt look at the history of the iconic trout label adorning Bell’s Two Hearted Ale, the...

    A Two Hearted Tale
  • 2009
    Blood Ties

    Blood Ties

    Blood Ties

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    A group of students solve the mystery of a 20 year old murder. Now they fight to stay alive while being hunted one by one.

    Blood Ties
  • 2025
    Sacred Waters: Anishinaabeg Naagdawenmaanaanig Giigoonhkewin

    Sacred Waters: Anishinaabeg Naagdawenmaanaanig Giigoonhkewin

    Sacred Waters: Anishinaabeg Naagdawenmaanaanig Giigoonhkewin

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    "The First People Taking Care of the Fishery" are the Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians, the largest indigenous tribe east of the Mississippi. For...

    Sacred Waters: Anishinaabeg Naagdawenmaanaanig Giigoonhkewin
  • 2020
    How to Fix a Primary

    How to Fix a Primary

    How to Fix a Primary

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    Follows the story that is shaking up Democratic Party politics nationwide, highlighting the role of power and money in a system many believe is...

    How to Fix a Primary
  • 2018
    Warrior Pride

    Warrior Pride

    Warrior Pride

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    As the head coach of the Michigan Warriors AAU basketball team, Dylan Baxter, finds himself at a perpetual cross-roads as he strives to take his team...

    Warrior Pride
  • 2025
    1969: Killers, Freaks, and Radicals

    1969: Killers, Freaks, and Radicals

    1969: Killers, Freaks, and Radicals

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    Amid the radical politics and cultural upheaval of the late 1960s, a series of brutal murders targeting young women gripped the twin university towns...

    1969: Killers, Freaks, and Radicals
  • 2019
    Yooper Creoles: Finnish Music in Michigan's Copper Country

    Yooper Creoles: Finnish Music in Michigan's Copper Country

    Yooper Creoles: Finnish Music in Michigan's Copper Country

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    When the immigrants came to America, their cultures entered the "great melting pot." In Michigan's Upper Peninsula Finnish immigrants mixed their...

    Yooper Creoles: Finnish Music in Michigan's Copper Country
  • 2013
    The Michigan Beer Film

    The Michigan Beer Film

    The Michigan Beer Film

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    The Michigan Beer Film explores the artistic and economic explosion of the Michigan craft beer industry in 2013. Shot over the course of 18 months,...

    The Michigan Beer Film
  • 1949
    Calling on Michigan

    Calling on Michigan

    Calling on Michigan

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    This Traveltalk series short begins with a look at Michigan's major educational institutions, which started as agricultural schools. We then visit...

    Calling on Michigan
  • 2023
    Lake Effect

    Lake Effect

    Lake Effect

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    Lake Effect is a two-year Michigan ski film highlighting the joys of backyard adventure and the shifting perspective of Mike King, a professional...

    Lake Effect
  • 2011
    Locally Buzzed

    Locally Buzzed

    Locally Buzzed

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    Locally Buzzed is a story of eight microbrew enthusiasts who took eight days out of their lives to drive around Michigan and interview brewers and...

    Locally Buzzed
  • 2018
    No Lives Matter

    No Lives Matter

    No Lives Matter

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    A small band of survivors accidentally finds a clever way to escape an incoming zombie horde.

    No Lives Matter
  • 1982
    Finnish American Lives

    Finnish American Lives

    Finnish American Lives

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    A moving portrait of traditional Finnish American culture in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, highlighting that fragile community of memory...

    Finnish American Lives
  • 2017
    Remember the Alamo

    Remember the Alamo

    Remember the Alamo

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    A tribute to the Alamo Drafthouse located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, that was forced to close after three years when its lease was abruptly and...

    Remember the Alamo
  • 2017
    Yooper Tours: On the North Country Trail

    Yooper Tours: On the North Country Trail

    Yooper Tours: On the North Country Trail

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    A man hikes 550 miles across the North Country Trail in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula from July through February, experiencing it in all of its...

    Yooper Tours: On the North Country Trail
  • 1990
    Plymouth International Ice Sculpture Spectacular

    Plymouth International Ice Sculpture Spectacular

    Plymouth International Ice Sculpture Spectacular

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    The annual ice carving event and competition features over 100 statues carved from a blocks of ice. Visitors can watch artisans create their works...

    Plymouth International Ice Sculpture Spectacular