The Henry Ford x Utopia

Experience cinema that challenges the mainstream and celebrates the spirit of independent filmmakers with a new film series at The Henry Ford's Giant Screen Experience, in collaboration with Utopia — a film distribution and production company that puts fearless storytelling in focus.

Highlighting documentaries and full-length features, The Henry Ford x Utopia offers an immersive, rare opportunity for viewers to engage with these boundary-pushing works in Metro Detroit as they were meant to be seen — big, bold and uncompromising.

Rooted in a mission to support the next wave of filmmakers, The Henry Ford x Utopia recognizes that innovation takes many forms — from technological breakthroughs to groundbreaking artistic expression across mediums. Each screening will draw thoughtful connections to The Henry Ford's collections, current exhibitions, on-site programs or cultural observances that explore the power of expression in influencing culture and sparking change.

Upcoming Screenings at Giant Screen Experience

Tickets are available to purchase online, on-site or by calling our Contact Center at (313) 942-4003. Each general admission screening must be purchased separately.

General admission tickets to Giant Screen Experience screenings are nonrefundable. Dates and screenings are subject to change.

Tickets*

*Discounts available for senior, youth and child tickets.

About Utopia

Utopia is a New York- and Los Angeles-based film distribution, sales, and production company co-founded by filmmaker Robert Schwartzman and Cole Harper. Focused on showcasing truly independent features and documentaries while supporting the next wave of filmmakers, recent Utopia releases include psychological cyber-thriller Red Rooms by Pascal Plante, Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping's Femme, Sean Price Williams' Cannes-lauded debut feature The Sweet East, and Eddie Alcazar and Steven Soderbergh's Divinity. Other titles include the revolutionary surf documentary Trilogy: New Wave, Sundance breakout and Gotham Awards-nominated We're All Going to the World's Fair by Jane Schoenbrun, Gaspar Noe's Cannes-lauded Vortex starring Dario Argento, and the Indie Spirit-winner Shiva Baby by Emma Seligman. Recently, Utopia has partnered with American Zoetrope and Lionsgate to support Francis Ford Coppola's independently produced epic, Megalopolis.

Past In-Person Events with Utopia