Sons of Detroit
Feature documentary | 104′ | 2025 | USA
Country Premiere
“An intimate journey into the heart of Detroit to unearth the silences, the wounds, and the bonds that shaped a family and a city.”
Featue documentary | 104′ | 2025 | USA
Directed by: Jeremy Xido
Produced by: Amanda Burr, CABULA6
Sinopsis
Part love letter, part detective story, SONS OF DETROIT is a film about America’s quintessential city, told through the lens of one unique family.
A white man raised as a cousin in a black Detroit family returns home after 20 years away to find the block gone and the family scattered. To piece together what happened, he searches out his cousin, Boo, recently home after 20 years in prison. Together, they set out to uncover what happened to their family, their block, and the golden age of 1970s Detroit that made them.
An investigation into the perils of silence, SONS OF DETROIT opens the door on nuanced, unflinching conversations about race—and especially about whiteness—rarely seen on film.
Festivals
- 45th Istanbul Film Festival from April2026, International Premiere (Turkey)
- True/False, March 2026, 3 sold-out, standing ovation screenings (US)
- DOC NYC, US Competition, Nov. 2025 (US)
- Sedona Indy Film Festival , Feb. 2026 (US)
- Cinetopia Film Fesitval, Opening Night and Audience Award for Best Doc, May 2026 (US)
- Detroit premiere at the Detroit Film Theatre – (900 people in attendance)
Awards
- “Audience Award” for Best Doc, Cinetopia – Opening Night
- “Best Documentary Feature” Sedona Indy Film Festival , Feb. 2026 (US)
