By Tonya 
By Big Baby Digital
November 21, 2025 | Detroit, MI
The Detroit film premiere by the Detroit Narrative Agency is set to light up the Senate Theatre on Friday, November 21, 2025. Titled In Sequence, this red carpet event celebrates four visionary filmmakers and marks a major moment for Detroit’s growing film scene. From Motown to modern cinema, Detroit storytelling continues to evolve — and this night puts that legacy on full display.
🎬 Detroit Film Premiere Details: In Sequence by Detroit Narrative Agency
- Date: Friday, November 21, 2025
- Time: 7:00–10:00 p.m.
- Doors open at 7:00 p.m.
- Organ Overture at 7:30 p.m.
- Film screenings start at 8:00 p.m.
- Mini Q&A to follow
- Location: The Senate Theatre, Detroit, MI
- Tickets: Free with RSVP | Limited seating | Donations encouraged to support Senate Theatre preservation
It’s a rare mix of elegance and purpose — a red carpet night rooted in community storytelling.
🖤 Inside the Detroit Narrative Agency: Building a Home for Detroit Filmmakers
Founded in 2015 by ill weaver and adrienne maree brown with support from Jeanette Lee of Allied Media Projects, the Detroit Narrative Agency was created to challenge how Detroit is portrayed — and to empower Detroiters to tell their own stories.
For decades, mainstream media framed Detroit through deficit and decline. DNA flips that script. Through mentorship, funding, and hands-on production opportunities, the agency helps Black, Indigenous, and People of Color filmmakers tell authentic, community-centered stories that reflect Detroit’s resilience and creativity.
“At DNA, we believe that narrative power belongs in the hands of the people living the stories,” says Ashley Calhoun, Interim Executive Artistic Director. “This cohort represents the future of Detroit cinema — bold, diverse, and deeply intentional about the stories they tell and who they tell them for.”
🎥 Meet the 2024–2025 DNA Film Fellows
Each filmmaker in this year’s fellowship brings a deeply personal vision to the screen. Together, their short films explore lineage, identity, and legacy through a distinctly Detroit lens.
To Move in My Mother’s Prayers
Director: Diop Russell | Producer: Leah Hill
A rebellious, nonbinary teen clashes with their hardworking single mom over joining an elite high school girls’ organization — a story about belonging, expectation, and breaking generational patterns.
Heaven in Detroit
Director: Chris “INPAQ” Sutton | Producer: Miles N. Reuben
After losing his mother, a young house-head searches for peace and purpose inside Detroit’s iconic LGBT+ sanctuary, Club Heaven. A soulful portrait of grief, music, and self-discovery.
MIN EEDI | From My Hand
Director: Costa Kazaleh Sirdenis | Producer: Frisly Soberanis
After his mother’s passing in 2022, a Palestinian American artist reconnects with her memory through family archives and art — weaving together Detroit and Palestine in a meditation on love, loss, and legacy.
Until It Feels Like Worship
Director: Ifayomí Christine | Producer: Nina Young
Isolated by years of grief, a woman finds her way back to joy and connection through ancestral wisdom and spiritual practice.
🌆 Why This Event Matters
The In Sequence premiere isn’t just about film — it’s about preserving Detroit’s narrative power. Events like this help redefine what Detroit cinema looks like and who gets to shape it.
For emerging filmmakers of color, platforms like the Detroit Narrative Agency Film Fellowship are vital. They nurture creativity, build community, and ensure that Detroit’s stories are told from the inside out — not the outside looking in.
📍 Be There: RSVP for In Sequence
Whether you’re a filmmaker, creative, or just love Detroit’s artistic heartbeat, this is an event you’ll want to experience in person. Tickets are free with RSVP, but seating is limited — and donations with your RSVP go directly toward preserving the historic Senate Theatre.
Tonya C.