documentary

A new documentary by two University of Michigan professors and Detroit filmmaker Aaron Schillinger dives into the intersection of the Civil Rights Movement and Detroit's bid to host the 1968 Olympics.

Today, with Vice President Kamala Harris running for president in this upcoming election, can she sway Michigan’s Arab American and Muslim voters. Additionally, two reporters hit the road in a rented EV to test the state’s charging circuit. Then, we hear about a new film that chronicles the collision of the Civil Rights Movement with Detroit’s Olympic bid in 1963.

Today, Michigan Public's Tracy Samilton discusses a new law designed to get solar and wind projects in Michigan moving. Also, producers of a new documentary about Detroit's bankruptcy discuss it's human impact. Later, Wayne County Commissioner and DNC delegate Jonathan Kinloch, who gained national attention for his resistance to efforts to not certify Wayne County's 2020 Presidential Election results, talks about Detroiters' sentiments to top-of-the-ticket changes.

Details about the aftermath in Southwest Michigan. At least 11 tornadoes touched down in the region last night. Then, the story of an acclaimed culinary program changes lives from within the walls of Michigan’s Lakeland Correctional Facility. Plus, the young designers bringing fresh ideas to the fashion industry at the College for Creative Studies.

Reactions to the sentencing of the parents of the Oxford school shooter, allegations that two county jails banned in-person visits to increase revenue from pricey phone calls, and a new documentary film honors the winningest basketball program in Michigan.

The MSU student newspaper explains why it's suing the university, the correlation between pandemic racism and Asian American gun buying and a nearly lost documentary finally lands on the big screen.

The latest on the UAW strike, a new documentary on a Muslim-American who perished while saving lives on 9-11, and the opioid crisis in the Upper Peninsula dramatized on stage.

dream hampton discusses her microdocumentary about the ramifications of flooding in Detroit. The documentary focuses on what Detroiters are “forced to leave behind when it floods."

The cherry industry is changing in northern Michigan. We'll hear how local growers who are trying to adapt in order to survive.

Stateside breaks down a high-profile golf merger and it's impact on the upcoming Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit. Plus, a new documentary tracks the past and future of Afrofuturism, and teachers in Northern Michigan struggle to find permanent housing in the midst of summer homes and rentals. And, do flies grieve?