Special Report: Freep Film Festival 2019

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Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2019

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Mike talks with Steve Byrne, Arts and Entertainment Editor of The Detroit Free Press and Executive Director of the Freep Film Festival, the documentary-focused fest that runs from April 10-14, 2019.

In the spotlight are films such as Boy Howdy! The Story of Creem Magazine, Bathtubs Over Broadway, and Detroit Tigers: The Roar of '84.

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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
0:04.2	Hey, folks, welcome to a special episode of the projection booth.
0:06.8	Today I'm talking to Steve Byrne, who is the entertainment editor and the head of the Freep Film Festival.
0:12.5	It is time to talk about the Freep Film Festival, which runs from April 10th through April 14th here in Detroit, Michigan.
0:20.8	It is all over the place.
0:22.5	I think there's like 14 venues or something crazy like that.
0:25.6	You can find all the details over at Freep Film Festival.com.
0:30.5	I'm also very happy to announce that I will be doing Q&As for three of the screenings,
0:36.8	two of the Alice Cooper screenings, as well as one for the
0:41.0	Area 51 documentary screening. You'll find all the details for those over at
0:45.5	projection booth podcast.com. Now let's go ahead and roll that interview. Steve, it is our
0:51.7	annual time to talk about the Freep Film Festival, and I'm very
0:55.0	curious, what is kind of the theme of this year's festival? It seems like every year you have
1:00.9	some sort of theme that ties these films together. Yeah, we don't intentionally set out to create
1:06.9	a theme. It seems like it tends to present itself in some ways. We're thematic in the
1:12.6	sense that, you know, one, we're documentaries. Two, we always try to play up and embrace
1:18.4	local angles and local filmmakers. So that is kind of the spine that runs through the festival.
1:24.5	And then after that, that's where I'm talking about, where themes tend to start presenting
1:28.2	themselves.
1:29.1	And if we have one this year, and I think one did, it's definitely music.
1:34.1	Of course, Detroit is a great music town anyway, and we've always had a few music docs
1:39.9	every year.
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