A Detroit social club, founded by a group of Nigerian immigrants adapts to operating during the pandemic and serving an aging membership. GUEST(S) ARE SCHEDULED TO BE IN ATTENDANCE FOR Q&amp;A

Detroit We Dey

A Detroit social club, founded by a group of Nigerian immigrants adapts to operating during the pandemic and serving an aging membership.

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HOMEGROWN: Future Visions is an anthology of eight documentary short films made by emerging BIPOC filmmakers that illuminate the living histories and thriving cultures of the American Midwest. Rooted in the cities of Detroit, Milwaukee, Gary, Minneapolis, Lansing, Lawrence, and Iowa City, each story centers around local residents who are redefining the future of their communities. HOMEGROWN: Future Visions is presented by Firelight Media, PBS, and the Center for Asian American Media.

A portrait of a family in Lansing, Michigan that comprises four generations of Black female community leaders whose stories offer a glimpse into the practical and emotional labor of long- term racial equity work. GUEST(S) ARE SCHEDULED TO BE IN ATTENDANCE FOR Q&amp;A

Lifetimes

A portrait of a family in Lansing, Michigan that comprises four generations of Black female community leaders whose stories offer a glimpse into the practical and emotional labor of long- term racial equity work.

As first-language Ojibwe speakers continue to age, language keepers in Minnesota race against time to develop new technology to teach and learn the language. GUEST(S) ARE SCHEDULED TO BE IN ATTENDANCE FOR Q&amp;A

Language Keepers

As first-language Ojibwe speakers continue to age, language keepers in Minnesota race against time to develop new technology to teach and learn the language.

This film follows a guaranteed income experiment in Gary, Indiana and its day-to-day impact on one of the recipients— proving that poverty is a lack of cash, not a lack of character. GUEST(S) ARE SCHEDULED TO BE IN ATTENDANCE FOR Q&amp;A

Guaranteed In Gary

This film follows a guaranteed income experiment in Gary, Indiana and its day-to-day impact on one of the recipients— proving that poverty is a lack of cash, not a lack of character.

Zee, a nonbinary international nursing student from rural China, seeks to build a sustainable and gender-affirming life in the Midwest despite the challenges they face with racism and xenophobia.

Here, Hopefully

The story of three Somali-American artists, founders of the Minneapolis-based artists’ collective Soomaal House of Art, and the challenges they face in running a community-based gallery for BIPOC artists and communities. GUEST(S) ARE SCHEDULED TO BE IN ATTENDANCE FOR Q&amp;A

Silsilad (Sequence)

The Black String Triage Ensemble, an all-African American string orchestra in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, performs at crime scenes in the immediate aftermath of incidents of gun violence, altering the notion of first responders.

Black Strings

Seed keepers in their original homelands of Nebraska work to regain food sovereignty and return to the healthy, traditional lifeways of the Pawnee people. GUEST(S) ARE SCHEDULED TO BE IN ATTENDANCE FOR Q&amp;A

Seed Warriors

Seed keepers in their original homelands of Nebraska work to regain food sovereignty and return to the healthy, traditional lifeways of the Pawnee people.

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