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Detroit ( /diˈtrɔɪt/) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan, and the seat of Wayne County. It is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people, and serves as a major port on the Detroit River connecting the Great Lakes system to the Saint Lawrence Seaway. It was founded on July 24, 1701, by the French explorer, adventurer, and nobleman Antoine de la Mothe, sieur de Cadillac.
In 2010, the city had a population of 713,777 and ranked as the 18th most populous city in the United States. The name Detroit sometimes refers to the Metro Detroit area with a population of 4,296,250 for the six-county Metropolitan Statistical Area, the United States' eleventh-largest, and a population of 5,218,852 for the nine-county Combined Statistical Area as of the 2010 Census. The Detroit–Windsor area, a critical commercial link straddling the Canada–U.S. border, has a total population of about 5,700,000.
Known as the world's traditional automotive center, "Detroit" is a metonym for the American automobile industry and an important source of popular music legacies celebrated by the city's two familiar nicknames, the Motor City and Motown. Other nicknames arose in the 20th century, including City of Champions beginning in the 1930s for its successes in individual and team sport,The D, D-Town, Hockeytown (a trademark owned by the city's NHL club, the Red Wings), Rock City (after the Kiss song "Detroit Rock City"), and The 313 (its telephone area code) Detroit became known as the "great arsenal of democracy" for its support of the U.S. role among the Allied powers during World War II.
Actors: Kevin Hindley (miscellaneous crew), Michael Reed (actor), Marc Fienberg (miscellaneous crew), Jonathan Thomson (actor), Evalena Marie (actress), Victoria Nugent (actress), Jamie Coghill (miscellaneous crew), Hardy Winburn (actor), Michael Bowes (producer), Mark DeAngelis (actor), Michael Rasmussen (director), Michael Rasmussen (editor), Michael Rasmussen (producer), Jason Beaubien (actor), Dayna Cousins (actress),
Plot: When a film crew moves into an abandoned psychiatric hospital with a shadowy past to shoot a low budget horror film, they get more than they bargained for. The late nights and lack of sleep begin to take a toll, and the longer this crew works, the more the leaky, wet building seems to be coming back to life, feeding off its new inhabitants. As the shoot wears on, members of the crew exhibit increasingly strange behavior leaving those still sane realizing they need to get out of this place before they too succumb to the building's infectious hold, the only problem, the old hospital is not ready to let them go.
Genres: Horror,Actors: Chuck D. (actor), Christopher Kaczmarek (actor), Crissy Kolarik (actress), Tony King (actor), Douglas Slygh (actor), Kris Leiter (actor), Christine Magda (actress), David C. Snyder (director), Peter Lawson Jones (actor), Julie Simon (miscellaneous crew), David C. Snyder (editor), David C. Snyder (writer), Michael V. Chastain (actor), Tina Hobbs (producer), Tina Hobbs (actress),
Plot: Swing Lowe Sweet Chariote is an emotionally charged urban drama about a good girl whose best friend is murdered just before graduation. She gets caught up with Ace, a local drug dealer that takes her deeper into the violent futility of the streets.
Keywords: urbanActors: Angeline D'Balentine (editor), Angeline D'Balentine (costume designer), Angeline D'Balentine (director), Angeline D'Balentine (producer), Angeline D'Balentine (producer), Angeline D'Balentine (writer), Angeline D'Balentine (writer), Marius Iliescu (actor), Renee Hermiz (actress),
Plot: When love goes beyond the human flesh and touches on the bounds of time, you find the city of Detroit and the presence of Death personified. It is in these crossed lovers we, the people of Detroit, find ourselves ensnared in a lovers quarrel. It is story of twisted love that entraps the people around their love/hate relationship that sings in the abandoned facades of a once booming place known as Detroit. In their final dance of love-making he submits to her. In their final dance she embraces him and ends it. It is about a place of decay and abandonment. It is an experimental piece with very little dialogue and more about poetry in movement and poetry come to life on the silver screen.
Genres: Drama, Musical, Romance, Short,Actors: Jules Stewart (director), Tommy 'Tiny' Lister (actor), Jules Stewart (writer), Jules Stewart (writer), Jason Mewes (actor), Andrew R. Gardiner (miscellaneous crew), Jonathan Roumie (actor), Michael Shamus Wiles (actor), Jason Stuart (actor), D.B. Sweeney (actor), Kate del Castillo (actress), John Prosky (actor), Sonya Eddy (actress), Goran Visnjic (actor), Raymond W. Beal (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: K-11 follows Raymond Saxx Jr. (Goran Visnjic), a powerful record producer who wakes from a drug-induced blackout to find himself locked up and classified "K-11." Plunged into a nightmarish world ruled by a transsexual diva named Mousey (Kate del Castillo), Raymond is truly a fish out of water. Complicating matters are a troubled young transgender named Butterfly (Portia Doubleday), a predatory child molester (Tommy 'Tiny' Lister) and the ruthless Sheriff's Deputy, Lt. Johnson (D.B. Sweeney). Ray's struggle to contact the outside world and regain his freedom seems impossible, but he must learn to navigate this new power structure if he is ever going survive and be in control of his life again.
Keywords: number-in-title, rape, transsexualActors: Vicente Williams (producer), Konise Millender (producer), Melissa Kovats (miscellaneous crew), Justin Johnson (actor), Alex Villanueva (director), Noah Izbrand (editor), Kenneth Kovats (miscellaneous crew), Laura Garcia (writer), Brandon Roberts (actor), Brittany Rodda (actress),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Trent Haaga (actor), Gerald Emerick (actor), Chad Ferrin (producer), Michael Darrow (editor), Dennis Dreith (composer), Scott W. Mckinlay (director), Scott W. Mckinlay (producer), Scott W. Mckinlay (actor), Tisha D. Nagel (costume designer), Brian Kolodziej (actor), Amy Wehrell (actress), Malcolm Brownson (actor), Kirk Sever (actor), Vince Marinelli (producer), Kirk Sever (writer),
Plot: Two professional thieves break into a house in search of a safe, only to discover a man beaten beyond recognition, tied down to torn mattress in a hidden room. They decide to help, only to become trapped by a serial killer whose torture methods will have them begging for death.
Keywords: female-nudity, homoeroticism, serial-killerActors: Matías Lojo (editor), Matías Lojo (writer), Matías Lojo (producer), Pablo Marini (writer), Pablo Marini (director), Pablo Marini (editor), Pablo Ferreiro (actor), Leandro Cóccaro (actor), Carlos Marini (actor), Fernando Lorenzo (producer), Eduardo Lojo (actor), Alejandro Gartenbank (actor), P. Tanno (editor), Javier Pistani (editor), Juan Manuel Rodriguez Schmidt (composer),
Genres: Short,Actors: Garrett White (editor), Garrett White (actor), Garrett White (producer), Garrett White (writer), Garrett White (composer), Garrett White (director), Duke White (actor), Duke White (producer), Duke White (actor), Brandon White (actor), Brandon White (actor), Brandon White (actor), Brandon White (producer), Coren Slogowski (actor), Brandon Dubisar (actor),
Genres: Action, Adventure, Horror,Actors: Kevin Craig West (actor), Aunjanue Ellis (actress), Ka'ramuu Kush (actor), April Yvette Thompson (actress), Sarah Jones (actress), Ishmael Butler (actor), Dream Hampton (director),
Genres: Short,Actors: Chuck Vincent (producer), Rick Marx (writer), Amber Lynn (actress), Tish Ambrose (actress), Gino Colbert (writer), Taija Rae (actress), Veronica Hart (actress), Scott Baker (actor), Jerry Butler (actor), Jay Serling (actor), David Christopher (actor), Paul Thomas (actor), Buck Adams (actor), Chuck Vincent (writer), Chuck Vincent (writer),
Plot: The beloved owner of a New Orleans bordello dies of a heart attack, leaving the establishment to be run by an employee. However, the girls find out that a corporation owns 51% of the business, and the new owner sends the brothel's "residents" a message--earn more money for us or you're out of here.
Keywords: bondage, business, costume, father-son-relationship, hardcore, ownership, peep-hole, role-playing, sex, whorehouse