RECAP: Cinetopia 2016 movie reviews {Detroit + Dearborn}
Another year, and another Cinetopia Film Festival in the books! This year, I was unfortunately out of town during the festival's second weekend, so I tried to see as many movies as possible during the weekend before and the week previous. The Henry Ford Giant Screen Experience (Dearborn, MI) was a new venue this year, so I was able to see some movies there and some at the Maple Theater (Bloomfield Hills). Saturday, June 4th: Henry Ford Giant Screen Fatima. This movie was a little slow for me, and was about a divorced immigrant living in France, who has two daughters, ages 15 and 18. The 18-year-old was a med student and Fatima (title character) worked as a housekeeper to put her through med school. The movie would have been stronger in my opinion if it only focused on one daughter, not both. 3.5 out of 5 stars. Speed Sisters . This surprisingly ended up being one of my favorite of the fests, and it focused on Palestinian women who were speed racers. The Henry Ford Giant Scr...