From a chance meeting to a tragic fallout, Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali's extraordinary bond cracks under the weight of distrust and shifting ideals. Directed by Marcus A. Clark. The film is 95 minutes and is rated PG-13.

Victoria Cruz investigates the mysterious 1992 death of Black gay rights activist and Stonewall veteran, Marsha P. Johnson. Using archival interviews with Johnson, and new interviews with Johnson's family, friends, and fellow activists. Directed by David France. The film is 105 minutes and is rated TV-MA.

Enjoy this presentation of fresh short, experimental films from 59th Ann Arbor Film Festival tour. A program of the films can be found below. Tune in to this page at the premiere time to view the films.

This event is in partnership with the Ann Arbor Film Festival.

Mad Mieter
M+M (Marc Weis, Martin de Mattia)
Munich, Germany
2019
Runtime: 6

Please join us for a panel discussion of three short films by Indian filmmakers as part of the 2021-22 Rasa Festival.

To view the below films, please email rasafestival@aadl.org for links and passwords.

On a hot summer night in Detroit, Ronald Ebens, an autoworker, killed a young Chinese-American engineer with a baseball bat. Although he confessed, he never spent a day in jail. This gripping Academy Award-nominated film relentlessly probes the implications of the murder in the streets of Detroit, for the families of those involved, and for the American justice system.

This 1989 87-minute documentary is unrated. AADL staff will discuss this film with author Frances Kai-Hwa Wang. Click here to learn more.

Less black men applied to medical school in 2014 than in 1978 and black men have the lowest life expectancy in the United States. With only 2% of American doctors being black men, this comes as no surprise.  This documentary dissects the systemic barriers preventing black men from becoming medical doctors and the consequences on society at large. 

Enjoy this presentation of fresh short, experimental films from 58th Ann Arbor Film Festival tour. A program of the films can be found below.

This event is in partnership with the Ann Arbor Film Festival.

This event took place on Zoom and has concluded.

Tetlalli: the place of stones
Miguel Nájera
Mexico City, Mexico | 2019 | 6 | digital
World Premiere
Through mist and stones, a setar player will embark on a journey from which he will not return.

Another video in the While You Wait series centered around items patrons can check out while they wait to receive a copy of Tenet.

Learn how to take a photograph of the night sky that will capture a meteor!

Try out your new skills during the Geminids Meteor Shower, one of the best meteors of the year, which peaks December 13-14 with over 120 meteors per hour!

This includes a brief introduction to using a DSLR camera and tripod for night sky photography.  For more help getting started, check out this video.

This video premieres on AADL.TV.

AADL staff demonstrate how anyone with a DSLR camera & tripod can photograph the night sky.  Get the scoop on gear, settings, focusing, where to shoot, and some useful apps for this project.

This video premieres on AADL.TV.