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On Tap for 2011: U.S. Docu Filmmakers Eyeing Detroit, U.S. Government and Grave Robbers

We got a brief overview of some of the documentary films we’ll be surely talking about circa 2011. Thom Powers headed over to Michael Moore’s Traverse City Film Festival and in his fifth edition dispatch he reveals some projects that I’ll be keeping tabs on – as some will surely be ready for my annual trip to Sundance next year.

We got a brief overview of some of the documentary films we’ll be surely talking about circa 2011. Thom Powers headed over to Michael Moore’s Traverse City Film Festival and in his fifth edition dispatch he reveals some projects that I’ll be keeping tabs on – as some will surely be ready for my annual trip to Sundance next year. 

Detroit Hustles Harder (Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady*)
Previously directed: 12th & Delaware
Subject: This chronicle the lives of several brave men and women that have made a conscious decision to stay in Detroit and attempt to turn the city around.

Fightville (Michael Tucker and Petra Epperlein)
Previously directed: How to Fold a Flag

The Leak Heard Around the World (Judith Ehrlich)
Previously directed: Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Subject: This follows “WikiLeaks, the organization that recently circulated classified US government documents on Afghanistan”.

Skeleton Picnic (Joshua Ligairi)
Previously directed: Cleanflix
Subject: This is “about a FBI sting of grave robbers who plunder Native American burial sites.”

Street Fighting Man (Andrew James)
Previously directed: Cleanflix
Subject: This looks “at the economically depressed city of Detroit and how individuals are treating problems with novel solutions such as vigilante justice”.

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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).

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