Sunday, April 13 at 6:00 or 8:00 p.m.

Lutheran Church of the Master, 3333 Coolidge Hwy, Troy 48084

Basel Adra, a young Palestinian activist from Masafer Yatta, has been fighting his community’s mass expulsion by the Israeli occupation since childhood. Basel documents the gradual erasure of Masafer Yatta, as soldiers destroy the homes of families – the largest single act of forced transfer ever carried out in the occupied West Bank. He crosses paths with Yuval, an Israeli journalist who joins his struggle, and for over half a decade they fight against the expulsion while growing closer. Their complex bond is haunted by the extreme inequality between them: Basel, living under a brutal military occupation, and Yuval, unrestricted and free. This film, by a Palestinian-Israeli collective of four young activists, was co-created during the darkest, most terrifying times in the region, as an act of creative resistance to Apartheid and a search for a path towards equality and justice.

Director’s Statement

We’re making this film together, a Palestinian-Israeli group of activists and filmmakers, because we want to stop the ongoing expulsion of the community of Masafer Yatta, and resist the reality of Apartheid we were born into – from opposite, unequal sides. Reality around us is becoming scarier, more violent, more oppressive, every day – and we are very weak in front of it. We can only shout out something radically diff erent, this film – which at its core, is a proposal for an alternate way Israelis and Palestinians can live in this land – not as oppressor and oppressed, but in full equality.

Academy Award Winner – Best Documentary Feature

Norway, Palestine. 2024.
Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor.
In Arabic, Hebrew, and English with English subtitles.
Running time 96 min.

Wednesday, April 16 | Thursday April 17
Saturday, April 19 | Sunday, April 20

Stadt Garten, 3980 Second Ave, Detroit 48291

The true story of the extraordinary death and big, big life of Catherine Coulson.

In 1990, she was an international cult sensation in the groundbreaking television series Twin Peaks as the enchanting and mysterious Margaret Lanterman aka The Log Lady. Twenty-five years later, her lifelong friend David Lynch announced a new season of the iconic show. Within weeks, Catherine is diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer. Can she live long enough to play the iconic Log Lady one more time? 

This new documentary features Coulson’s family, friends, and colleagues including Mark Frost, Kyle MacLachlan, Grace Zabriskie, Kimmy Robertson, Dana Ashbrook, Charlotte Stewart, Michael Horse, and, in his final film appearance, David Lynch. 

United States. 2025.
Dir. Richard Green.
Running time 117 min.