Category Archives: Movies

Nimrod Nation, tonight on Sundance Channel

November 26, 2007 – 10:56 am

Nimrod Nation by illustriousbean
In the bible, Nimrod was "a mighty hunter before the Lord," and Watersmeet School (situated as it was in prime UP hunting country) began using the nickname the "Nimrod" in 1904. The small Michigan school was catapulted to the national stage in 1986 when ESPN picked the Nimrods as on of the [...]

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Michigan Word of the Week: Copper

November 26, 2007 – 10:36 am

Michigan Copper by stone_singer48
The word of the week this week is copper. Copper is a substance that has a big role in the history of Michigan, especially the Upper Peninsula. Wikipedia's entry for copper tells you what you need to know about this vital mineral. Michigan was a major producer of native copper (copper found [...]

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Five Things You Need to Know for Tuesday, November 6 2007

November 6, 2007 – 7:35 am

It's an off-year Election Day edition of Five Things You Need to Know about Michigan. Despite the lack of big name offices to decide, there's a lot of the nuts and bolts decisions to make about schools and local government. The Secretary of State reminds you to bring your photo ID to the polls for [...]

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Michigan Film: Vacancy by Brandon Walley

August 2, 2007 – 8:45 am

Rooftop Films and IFC.com are featuring a short film by Detroit filmmaker Brandon Walley as part of their Summer Shorts Series. It's called Vacancy and is a compelling visual exploration of the Detroit's Madison Lenox Hotel and its demolition. Despite protests from historical groups, the hotel, which stood from 1900-2005, was torn down and [...]

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Michigan filmmaker Rich Brauer announces new film

August 1, 2007 – 8:31 am

Absolute Michigan exclusive video with Michigan filmmaker Rich Brauer announcing his new film (to be shot on Mackinac Island this fall) called Mr. Art Critic. You can learn more about Rich and his feature film work including Frozen Stupid, Barn Red and Escanaba in da Moonlight at Brauer Productions. (click "feature presentations")
Sorry it's so dark.

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Blogs We Dig: Traverse City Film Festival Blog

July 31, 2007 – 8:58 am

The Traverse City Film Festival opens tonight, and I thought it would be nice to feature the blog Absolute Michigan is hosting for them called (appropriately) the Traverse City Film Festival Blog. The TCFF wrote:
To keep you up-to-date on the latest news and developments, we are launching the official TCFF blog today, packed full of [...]

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Dunegrass vs. Film Festival

July 25, 2007 – 7:46 am

Somehow or another, we've ended up with both the Sleeping Bear Dunegrass and Blues Festival and the Traverse City Film Festival as clients and I thought we should acknowledge that both events take place next week. What better way than a Tale of the Tape?

Dunegrass Festival
vs

TC Film Festival

dates
location
beach
big name
venues
news/photos
accessory

August 2 - 5, 2007
Empire
this one
David Grisman
Three [...]

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Michigan: Great Lakes Surfing Capital

July 10, 2007 – 8:05 am

Surfing Michigan by farlane
We've pulled together a great collection of Great Lakes surfing videos on our Michigan Station at chime.tv including:

The best of the bunch is what appears to be a TV special on Grand Haven filmmaker Vince Deur's movie Unsalted. the 7 minute short introduces you to the history and present day of Great [...]

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Michigan August Event Calendar

July 9, 2007 – 8:21 am

A sampling of Michigan festivals & events for the month of August. As usual, there's no way we'll get them all, so please add links and information about those we've missed (or reviews of ones we have here) in the comments below.
July 27 - August 5
Grand Haven Coast Guard Festival - Grand Haven
The Grand Haven [...]

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Five Things you need to know for Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007

July 3, 2007 – 9:54 am

Watch Michael Moore's Sicko online, birdwatch (or apartment hunt) in Detroit's Brush Park, follow the growing Michigan wine industry with a new blog and head over to Fremont, Michigan - baby food capital of the world!

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