~WORK IN PROGRESS~ Since 2013, Paula has programmed hundreds of films for Cinema Detroit, as many as 5 or 6 a week, from the commercial to the experimental and locally made and every budget in between. This list is handy for recalling the name of that amazing film you saw last month or a few years ago.
LEGEND
FOC – Filmmaker(s) of Color; LF – Local Filmmaker(s); LGBTQ; LM – Live Music; LS – Local Significance; WC – World Cinema; WF – Woman Filmmaker(s); EX – Cinema Detroit Exclusive
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013
2022
| Film Title | Date of First Screening | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| James Baldwin Abroad | Feb. 10, 2023 | LS, WC, EX |
| Woman on the Outside, A plus discussion with Kristal Bush | Feb. 2, 2023 | FOC, LS, WC, WF |
| Broker | Jan. 27, 2023 | FOC, WC |
| Infinity Pool | Jan. 27, 2023 | |
| Cat Daddies | Jan. 20, 2023 | FOC, WF, EX |
| Battling Butler / One Week | Jan. 20, 2023 | LM, EX |
| Corsage | Jan. 6, 2023 | WC, WF |
| Perris, Michigan | Dec. 29, 2022 | LF, EX |
| The Eternal Daughter | Dec. 9, 2022 | WF, EX |
| Memories of My Father | Dec. 2, 2022 | WC, EX |
| Aftersun | Nov. 25, 2022 | WF |
| Bad Axe | Nov. 18, 2022 | FOC, LF, LS |
| Triangle of Sadness | Nov 11. 2022 | WC |
| No Time to Fail | Nov 2, 2022 | LS, EX |
| Decision to Leave | Oct 28, 2022 | FOC, WC |
| Scary Movie (2000) | Oct 26, 2022 | |
| Stars at Noon | Oct 14, 2022 | WF |
| Sidney | Sept 30, 2022 | FOC, EX |
| Woman in the Moon (1929) with Live Music | Sept 29, 2022 | EX |
| Let the Little Light Shine | Sept 24, 2022 | LS, EX |
| Sundance Indigenous Shorts Tour | Sept 16, 2022 | FOC, WF, EX |
| Sundance Shorts Tour | Sept 16, 2022 | FOC, WF, EX |
| 1982 | Aug. 14, 2022 | WC |
| Nope | July 20, 2022 | FOC |
| America You Kill Me | July 17, 2022 | LF, LGBTQ |
| Lost Highway (restoration) | July 8, 2022 | EX |
| Neptune Frost | July 1, 2020 | FOC, LGBTQ, WC, WF, EX |
| Ali & Ava | June 26, 2022 | WC |
| Fire of Love | June 25, 2022 | WF |
| Memoria | June 24, 2022 | FOC, EX |
| Beba | June 24, 2022 | FOC, WF |
| Cane Fire with Standing Above The Clouds | June 17, 2022 | FOC, WF, EX |
| Science on Screen: The Wicker Man | June 12, 2022 | EX |
| Primera screening + discussion | June 11, 2022 | WC, FOC, WF, EX |
| Crimes of The Future | June 3, 2022 | |
| Science on Screen: The Birder’s Guide to Everything | May 22, 2022 | EX |
| Lux Æterna | May 20, 2022 | WC, EX |
| Flint | May 6, 2022 | LS |
| The Wobblies (restoration) | May 1, 2022 | WF, LS, EX |
| Inland Empire (restoration) | April 22, 2022 | EX |
| Gagarine | April 15, 2022 | WC, WF, EX |
| Science on Screen: The Nice Guys | April 9, 2022 | EX |
| The Earth is Blue as an Orange – Benefit for Razom for Ukraine | March 22, 2022 | WC, WF, EX |
| X (2022) | March 18, 2022 | |
| The Worst Person in the World | March 12, 2022 | WC |
| Parallel Mothers | Feb 28, 2022 | WC |
| Chameleon Street (restoration) | Feb 25, 2022 | FOC, LF, EX |
| Sankofa (restoration) + talkback | Feb 23, 2022 | WC, FOC, EX |
| Drive My Car | Feb 21, 2022 | WC |
| Nicolas Uncaged 8 – Adaptation (2002); Mandy (2016) | Feb 19, 2022 | EX |
| Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America | Feb 11, 2022 | FOC, LS |
| Flee | Feb 5, 2022 | FOC, LGBTQ |
| France | Feb 04, 2022 | WC, EX |
| In The Heat of the Night (1967) | Jan 14, 2022 | |
| Spies (1928) with live music | Jan 13, 2022 | EX |
2021
| Film Title | Date of First Screening | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Cinematic Coalition Showcase | Nov 26, 2021 | FOC, LF, LS, WF, EX |
| Hava, Maryam, Ayesha (2019) | Nov 21, 2021 | FOC, WF, LS, EX |
| The French Dispatch | Nov 5, 2021 | |
| Uncle. | Oct 29, 2021 | LF |
| Ethics & Aesthetics: Breaking and Transforming Patterns | Oct 21, 2021 | FOC, LF, LGBTQ, LS, WF, EX |
| Better Cities Film Festival | Oct 7-9, 2021 | LS, EX |
| Titane | Oct 1, 2021 | LGBTQ, WC, WF |
| Days | Sept 17, 2021 | FOC, LGBTQ, WC |
| Ethics & Aesthetics: Reclaiming Family & Origins | Aug 20, 2021 | FOC, LF, LGBTQ, LS, WF, EX |
| Respect | Aug 13, 2021 | FOC, LS, WF |
| Ailey | Aug 06, 2021 | FOC, LGBTQ, LS |
| Who Will Start Another Fire? | June 11, 2021 | FOC, LGBTQ, WC, WD, EX |
| Two Gods + Q & A with director and producer | May 21, 2021 | FOC, LS, EX |
| The County | April 30, 2021 | WC, EX |
| Who Killed Vincent Chin? + Discussion | April 21, 2021 | FOC, LF, LS, WD |
| This is Not A Burial, It’s A Resurrection | April 02, 2021 | FOC, WC, EX |
| Rose Plays Julie | March 26, 2021 | WC, WF, EX |
| F.T.A. (Restoration) | March 12, 2021 | WF, EX |
| Stray | March 5, 2021 | WC |
| Test Pattern | Feb 26, 2021 | FOC, WF, EX |
| Judas and the Black Messiah | Feb 18, 2021 | FOC, LS |
| Atlantis | Jan 29, 2021 | WC, EX |
| Deux (Two of Us) | LGBTQ, WC, WF | |
| Native Son | Jan 8, 2021 | FOC, LS, EX |
| Sweded Film Festival | ||
| Minari | FOC | |
| A Glitch in the Matrix | ||
| Some Kind of Heaven | ||
| The Story of Lovers Rock | Feb 05, 2021 | |
| Rock Camp: The Movie | Jan 13, 2021 | |
| Coup 53 + Discussion | Jan 05, 2021 | |
2020
| Film Title | Date of First Screening | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 76 Days | April 12, 2020 | WC, LS, EX |
| The Changin’ Times of Ike White | April 12, 2020 | |