An extended scene from  the feature-length documentary Welcome to Commie High from 7 Cylinders Studio, featuring Steve Coron, Judith DeWoskin, Kevin Davis, Marci Tuzinsky, Hannah Rubenstein, Terah Blakemore, Bob Galardi, Clarence Collins III, Danny Freiband.

Richard Nowland was born in Ann Arbor in 1932. He grew up on Eighth Street. He recalls family stories about Lower Town, including his Irish ancestor Andrew Nowland who settled in Ann Arbor in the 1820s. After serving as a social worker in the U.S. Army, Nowland returned to Michigan and got his master’s degree. He was a counselor at Washtenaw Community College and a principal at Clague Middle School for twenty years.