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Claiming Connections

2023 • United States • 12 min • Nina Ignaczak

Filmmaker in Attendance, Family Friendly, Staff Pick, Making Waves Recipient

Grassroots efforts create opportunities for Detroit’s Black community to connect with the great outdoors.

Forty Gallons: A Visit to the Detroit Sugarbush

2021 • USA • 5 min • Nina Ignaczak

Family Friendly

Getting Black and brown Detroiters to fall in love with nature is a mission and passion for Antonio Rafael, who works with groups like the Detroit Indigenous People’s Alliance, Black to the Land, and the National Wildlife Federation to provide opportunities for them to connect with the outdoors.
Selected short for Freep Film Festival 2022.
First Place for videography from the Detroit Chapter of the Society for Professional Journalists 2022.
Official Selection, Freep Film Festival 2022
Produced by Reel Clever Films + Planet Detroit

From the Ground Up

2022 • USA • 14 min • Fischer Genau

Filmmaker in Attendance, Subject in Attendance, Family Friendly, First Time Filmmaker

From the Ground Up shows a town coming together to support its members, grow food, and do the necessary work to live kindly and responsibly off the land.