If there’s one documentary, or for that matter, one film you see in a theater this year, I recommend Detropia. The documentary is an artfully honest look at the harsh realities of post-industrial Detroit, a place so universally fascinating that the film opened in NYC . Directed and produced by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, Detropia unrolls the devastating consequences [...]

Tired of the frighteningly superficial noise out there? Here’s “American Autumn,” an enthralling and sometimes heartbreaking documentary about the birth of Occupy Wall Street and the critical issues that drive the Occupy movement today. It’s a blunt and thorough reminder that corporate interests rank far higher than those of the people: foreclosure evictions when there [...]

Singer, songwriter, comedian Lisa Koch wrote the lyrics and performed this on-point parody, slightly modified in response to the silencing of Michigan Rep. Lisa Brown for using the word “vagina” in a debate over legislation on the subject. Hands Off My Clam Copyright 2012 Tongueinchc Productions I’d like to do a song right now on the recent [...]

The soundtrack for the Occupy movement includes Michael Moore singing Bob Dylan’s The Times They Are A-Changin’ (not bad, actually). In fact, “Occupy This Album: A compilation of music by, for, and inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement and the 99%” spans the musical spectrum: ’60s folk music, indie rock, electronica, and hip-hop.  Among the [...]