SPOTLIGHT DETROIT SHORT FILMS PREMIERE ON DETROIT PBS
Spotlight Detroit: Short Films featuring the current Kresge Artist Fellows and the 2024 Kresge Eminent Artist
Premieres Monday, May 6 at 9:00 PM
Kresge Arts in Detroit is partnering with Detroit PBS to air the latest short films in our award winning series, “Spotlight Detroit.” The films feature the latest cohort of Kresge Artist Fellows and the 2024 Kresge Eminent Artist, Nora Chapa Mendoza. Catch the Spotlight Detroit films this May!
Spotlight Detroit is a creative collaboration between artists awarded through Kresge Arts in Detroit and metro Detroit filmmakers. Participating artists worked with filmmakers to create a unique short film featuring their work and/or documenting their artistic practice.
Each of the 19 films in the series runs between two to four minutes each.
How to Watch
TV: Detroit PBS (channel 56)
Online: detroitpbs.org/live-tv/
Featured Artists
Austen Brantley, Halima Afi Cassells, Rita Dickerson, Elton Monroy Duran, Jessica Frelinghuysen, James D. Fuson, Claire Gasamagera, Lauren Kalman, Miranda Kyle, Nora Chapa Mendoza, Mario Moore, Gail Parrish, Edward Salem, Robert Schefman, Erin K. Schmidt, Rory Scott, Francis Vallejo, Venusloc, Tony Whitfield
Featured Filmmakers
Emmanuel Afolabi, Katie Barkel, Phillip Carrel, Zachary Cunningham, Mark Foster, Gold House Media, Desmond Love, Danielle Eliska Lyle, Gianluca Petrazzi, Reel Clever Films, Toko Shiiki, Julia Yezbick
Films from our award winning series have gone on to be screened and honored at film festivals across the region, country and world.
The film series is produced by Kresge Arts in Detroit and 7 Cylinders Studio.