Media City Film Festival and Trinosophes Projects are OVER THE MOON  to host celebrated filmmaker Kevin Jerome Everson in DETROIT and offer FREE public screenings of his films at Michigan Central and the Detroit Public Library’s gorgeous main branch (across from the DIA). 

This series features 15+ films made by Everson across the past decade. Curated by MCFF Artistic Director Oona Mosna, programs range from early found footage works to studied compositions of celestial bodies, capturing elements from both MCFF’s long history of presenting Everson’s films and his globally celebrated approach to moving images, rooted in the experience of the Midwest Black working class. All are welcome to join! 

KEYS TO THE CITY: An Evening with Kevin Jerome Everson
Satuday, November 15,6 PM 
Newlab at Michigan Central, Free 

Conversation between Kevin Jerome Everson and Danielle Eliska, moderated by Kelly Kivland, Director and Lead Curator, Michigan Central Art. Introduction by Rebecca Mazzei, Artistic Director, Trinosophes Projects. Partners: Michigan Central Art, Modern Ancient Brown & NOVA24 Photo + Film Festival 

THREE QUARTERS: The Cinema of Kevin Jerome Everson
Tuesday, November 18, 6 PM 
Detroit Public Library Main Branch, Free 

Introduction by Paige Wood. Partners: Detroit Public Library & Detroit Narrative Agency 

Everson visits the area to begin a new Knight Arts Foundation-supported MCFF commissioned film observing celestial space from the vantage point of metro Detroit! Special thanks to the Knight Foundation, Michigan Central, Detroit Public Library, Modern Ancient Brown Foundation, Detroit Narrative Agency, Warren Astronomical Society, Cranbrook Observatory, Picture Palace Pictures, and NOVA24 Photo + Film Festival. 

Lead image: Portrait © Léa Rener courtesy Cinema du réel, Paris. Film stills © Kevin Jerome Everson courtesy the artist; trilobite-arts DAC and Picture Palace Pictures. Films appear courtesy the artist and Picture Palace Pictures.