Sunday, May 11 at 4:30 p.m.

Planet Ant, 2320 Caniff, Hamtramck

Part of the Arab Film Festival | Presented with Arab American National Museum

Touda (Nisrin Erradi) is a sheikha (traditional singer and dancer) who performs in dingy bars to make ends meet. But Touda has a passion. She struggles for her art to be recognized and to ensure a better future for her deaf-and-mute son Yassine.

Morocco. 2024.
Nabil Ayouch.
In Arabic with English subtitles.
Running time 102 min.

Thursday, May 15 at 7:00 p.m.
Friday, May 16 at 9:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 17 at 1:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 18 at 1:00 p.m.

Stadt Garden, 3980 Second, Detroit 48201

You’ve seen his cozy cottages, idyllic gardens, and welcoming village streets on everything from canvas to commemorative plates. Both celebrated and disparaged for his kitschy signature settings, the “Painter of Light” Thomas Kinkade rocketed to popularity in the 1990s by marketing himself to American evangelicals and pitting himself against the elite art establishment.
Yet beneath the pristine public persona were demons that would drive him to alcoholism, scandal, and death from an overdose in 2012. After his passing, Kinkade’s daughters uncovered a trove of unseen, unexpectedly dark paintings, a discovery that launched an investigation into their father’s true personality.
Through the voices of skeptical critics, adoring fans, and Kinkade’s closest friends and family, ART FOR EVERYBODY digs deep into Kinkade’s life and work to elucidate the real man behind the persona. Accomplished editor Miranda Yousef’s directorial debut is an insightful documentary that peels back the layers of Kinkade’s facade, delivering a portrait of a complex man divided by the same forces that continue to pull us apart as a nation.

United States. 2025.
Dir. Miranda Yousef.
Running time 106 min.