Ann Arbor Film Festival 2009

This film reveals the play of light and shadow upon the walls of the Castro Camera Store set for Gus Van Sant's film Milk. These mundane shots are almost bereft of movement and sound. So quiet, so still. All the better to showcase the range of emotions evoked by Harvey Milks words on the soundtrack.

An inspiring, often hilarious tour of the world's wildest art cars and their larger-than-life creators, who transformed their automobiles into works of mind-bending art. Co-Presented by: FestiFools Sponsored by: VGKids

The father of a transsexual child shares his family's story - what it was like when his child came out, how their relationship has changed, and how their bond continues to get stronger.

A meditative experimental documentary about loss in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The filmmaker parallels her experience upon returning to New Orleans with the experience of filmmaker Stevenson Palfi, who committed suicide in the months after the hurricane.

In 1950, when Detroit was the auto production capital of the world, there were 1,849,568 people in the city. Today there are half that many remaining. Everyone's heard of the crumbling infrastructure that follows a shrinking, post-industrial city like Detroit. But what about the increase in space for outdoor art, less traffic, little gridlock, the return of urban wildlife and green space, and some of the pluses of having a city to yourself?

A pair of glasses and their strange power as an historical artifact.

Reflected into a visual reinterpretation, the continuous internal and external adjustments that accompany the destruction and reconciliation of essential relationships illuminate a divorced familial infrastructure within.

This is the story of World Champion Boxer, Kassim "The Dream" Ouma - born in Uganda, kidnapped by the rebel army and trained to be a child soldier at the age of 6. When the rebels took over the government, Kassim became an army soldier who was forced to commit many horrific atrocities, making him both a victim and perpetrator. He soon discovered the army's boxing team and realized the sport was his ticket to freedom. After 12 years of warfare, Kassim defected from Africa and arrived in the United States. Homeless and culture shocked, he quickly rose through the boxing ranks and became Junior Middleweight Champion of the World. Sponsored by: Detroit Public Television

A short autobiographical film about duty and loss, seen in the home movies of a military family. Focusing on fathers and sons, the filmmaker mixes the voices and imagery of three generations, accompanied by the filmmaker's original score, to illuminate the effects of war on veterans and their children.