See '12th and Clairmount,' at Detroit's historic Senate Theater

The Free Press documentary "12th and Clairmount," about the unrest of 1967, will screen Thursday at Detroit's historic Senate Theater. 

The film, which premiered earlier this year with four sold-out screenings during the Freep Film Festival, looks back at the 1967 Detroit riot/rebellion, its causes and aftermath. Vintage home movie footage from metro Detroiters provides the heart of the film.

Drawing from more than 400 reels of home movies from the era, other unearthed footage and newly recorded oral histories, the documentary was produced by the Free Press in collaboration with Bridge Magazine, WXYZ-TV (Channel 7) and a group of metro Detroit cultural institutions, led by the Detroit Institute of Arts.

Doors for Thursday's screening will open at 6 p.m. At 7 p.m., organist Lance Luce will play the original Fisher Theater pipe organ, housed inside the Senate Theater. The film will begin at 7:30 p.m. Purchase tickets a tickets.freep.com. 

After the film, Bridge Magazine writer Chastity Pratt Dawsey will lead a conversation with "12th and Clairmount," director Brian Kaufman, coproducer Bill McGraw and Detroit historian Ken Coleman. 

After the discussion, you also can take a tour of the theater's pipe organ.