Media City Film Festival 2023 Catalogue

MEDIA CITY FILM FESTIVAL: OPENING NIGHT DETROIT AN ECSTATIC EXPERIENCE SEGUES TO INFINITY: THE FILMS OF JA’TOVIA GARY & LIVE PERFORMANCE BY LARAAJI Tuesday, November 7, 2023 7:00 pm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Film Theatre, 5200 John R. St, Detroit FREE admission Media City Film Festival kicks off its Opening Night in Detroit with an incredible FREE evening of film and music showcasing a retrospective look at the work of Ja’Tovia Gary, one of the United States’ most significant contemporary moving image artists. The night’s program also includes a rare performance by Harlem-based multiinstrumentalist, mystic, and laughter meditation guru Laraaji. Both artists will be in attendance at the Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Film Theatre.

With The Giverny Suite currently on view at The Museum of Modern Art through 2024, this retrospective of Ja’Tovia Gary’s films represents the Detroit premiere of her most recent film Quiet as It’s Kept (2023), a cinematic response to Toni Morrison’s novel The Bluest Eye. Ja’Tovia Gary’s work across documentary, video art, sculp-