Art in a Changing Landscape: Detroit and the Disconnected Logic of Funding

Film Synopsis

Artists, researchers, and activists explore the relationship between their lived experiences and the patterns of uneven development in Metropolitan Detroit and its art ecosystem.

Showings

Fri, Oct 16 Friday, Oct 16

Art!

Bluff Street Station

Sun, Oct 18 Sunday, Oct 18

Art!

Women's Federated Clubhouse

  • Filmmakers in attendance
  • Subjects in attendance
  • Contains adult language

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