Film Festival - Traverse City and Northern Michigan Area Guide

Record-Eagle/Tyler Sipe
Volunteers and stage hands help dismantle a frame that holds a 12-by-30-foot movie screen Monday at the City Opera House. For more photos, don't miss our Film Festival photo gallery »

COLUMNIST LORAINE ANDERSON
'Miss Navajo' is a gift to all of us
I carry many moments from this year's Traverse City Film Festival. Among the treasured is Sunday at the State Theatre before, during and after "Miss Navajo.” Produced and directed by Billy Luther, it is a documentary about a Navajo beauty pageant where contestants are required to know Navajo stories, language, history, government, how to shear a sheep and even butcher one. Luther follows six young American Indian women in the 2005 pageant, focusing on a woman named Crystal.

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August 6, 2007

Record-Eagle/Jan-Michael Stump
Michael Moore announces that Sunday's "Mike's Surprise" screening at the Old Town Playhouse will be material that didn't make it into his most recent documentary, "Sicko."

August 5, 2007

Record-Eagle/Jan-Michael Stump
Jeff Kessler, of Ellsworth, raises his hand to ask a question during a panel with Michael Moore and "Sicko" crew members Rod Birleson, Jennifer Latham, Eric Weinrib and George Zornbick Saturday at the City Opera House.

August 4, 2007

Record-Eagle/Tyler Sipe
Crowds wrap around the corner of Front and Union streets and await the start of Friday's Traverse City Film Festival filmmaker panel titled "What's Up, Doc?" at the City Opera House.

August 3, 2007

Record-Eagle/Jan-Michael Stump
Tricia Noss holds her tickets for 20 films at the beginning of this week’s Traverse City Film Festival. “Because there’s so many good choices, it’s too hard to narrow it down,” she said.

August 2, 2007

Record-Eagle/Jan-Michael Stump
From left, Katelyn Solgat, 10, Kameron Solgat, 7, both of Bay City; their aunt, Sheryl Luptowski, of Traverse City; and Brittney Bruneel, 9, of Bay City await the start of “E.T.”

August 1, 2007

Record-Eagle/Jan-Michael Stump
Harold Kranick, 14, of Traverse City mimes Charlie Chaplin to entertain crowds waiting in line outside the State Theatre Tuesday.

July 31, 2007

Record-Eagle/Jan-Michael Stump
A 75-foot by 52-foot screen, weighing about 2,000 pounds, was inflated Monday evening at the Open Space for the Traverse City Film Festival. The screen's viewing area measures 65-foot by 33-foot.

July 27-29, 2007

Record-Eagle/Douglas Tesner
Customers line up to buy advance tickets for films that will be shown during the Traverse City Film Festival. The ticket office is located at 300 E. Front Street in the Radio Center Building.

July 6-20, 2007

Record-Eagle/Douglas Tesner
Roofers Rob Miehlke and Eric Salenski, top of ladder, carry roofing material to the top of the State Theatre marquee, which was undergoing repairs Monday in preparation for next week’s Traverse City Film Festival.

December 2006 — February 2007