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. 

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”.