SACRED WATERS Spirituality Film Festival was a groundbreaking film festival.  It was the first spirituality film festival in Michigan. The diverse range of international films go beyond the boundaries of mainstream media and open your mind and spirit.  Several exciting films were premiered in Detroit. They Could Fly (Kajstura/USA/2006) tells the magical African American folk tale which uses the period of American slavery, as a stage to show how people can survive and overcome the most extreme experiences by the power of their own will. Kanyini (Hogan/Austrailia/2007), Andrea Wiley's Soulmate (Wiley/USA/2007), and  Taking a Step Back from Forgiveness (Calmthesis/USA/2007).  There was an eclectic blend of exciting films featured in the film festival.  The world renown documentary "Cidade das Mulheres", City of Women (Lázaro Faria/Brazil/2005) explores Candomble, a diaspora religion with roots in Africa, that empowers and gives a voice to women of color in Brazil.  Living Luminaries: On the Serious Business of Happiness (Karnarsky/USA/2007) features Dali Lama, Marianne Williamson, and Michael Bechwith (The Secret).  Geronimo Ji Jaga (a.k.a. Geronimo Pratt), the Black Panther sometimes described as America's Nelson Mandela, makes a unique appearance.  Zen Noir (Rosenbush/USA/2004) a murder mystery for those not afraid to think.

3Rs Progressive Film Festival featured films and videos that celebrate the power of activism.  The diverse range of international films went beyond the boundaries of mainstream media and challenged viewers to become agents of change within their community and the world.  There was a panel featuring  Grace Lee Boggs, Sam Greenlee (author of the Spook Who Sat by the Door), Professor Griff of Public Enemy,  and Abayomi Azikiwe (Pan African Newswire) with thought-provoking dialogue and solutions.  Organizations that are actively involved in the health care movement, worker's rights, the peace movement, environmental rights, challenging the inequities within the educational, justice, and prison-industrial systems, water rights, and electoral politics were also present. 

The festival featured free health screenings provided by
Nurse Betty's Community Care Connection.

We are committed to bringing films thought-provoking films that inspire conversations about issues that effect our lives and exchange ideas.

Another World is Possible Progressive Film Festival was featured in the 2010 United States Social Forum in Detroit 2010 

The Progressive Film Festival showcased diverse intergenerational independent films and videos to shape and influence the public conversation in ways that convey momentum and hope. The films and videos represented a vision that inspired, empowered, and challenged poverty, exploitation, oppression, militarism/war  and environmental destruction-- locally, nationally, and worldwide.  The festival featured the Midwest premiere of Oliver Stone’s South with an international panel.  Films by John Trudell, Yoruba Richen, Anthony Hemingway, Aishah Shahidah Simmons, Liz Miller, and many more. 

The film festival was held Wednesday, June 23, 2010, to Friday, June 25, 2010.