FLINT, MI — A new film set to premiere this week will feature some of the struggles families are dealing with in the aftermath of the Flint water crisis.
The movie, Flint Tale, is scheduled to premiere at 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 5 at NCG Cinema - Grand Blanc Trillium, located at 8220 Trillium Circle Ave., in Grand Blanc Township.
A red carpet event will take place at 7 p.m. Thursday ahead of the showing as a way to highlight the actors in the film. Tickets to the film are $20.
Marc Cayce, a writer and director with 20 years of experience in the film industry, told MLive-The Flint Journal the synopsis of the movie is about the city’s aftermath of the water crisis.
“I focus on a family in Flint who’s struggling to survive because of the aftermath of the water (crisis) and the corruption,” Cayce said.
In April 2014, the city of Flint’s water source was changed to the Flint River, an event that triggered the city’s water crisis, resulting in elevated levels of lead, bacteria and chlorine byproducts in the water supply.
A Detroit native based in California, Cayce said the film is based on true events but he added some fictitious portions, one of which includes a police chief who gets framed and later indicted for being the whistleblower about the public health crisis.
“When he gets out, he’s lost his home in Flint Township and how he has to go back to his mom’s home, which is in the urban neighborhoods of Flint,” Cayce said.
Former Flint Mayor Karen Weaver also has a role in the movie.
The director said 85 percent of the movie was filmed in Flint and at locations noticeable to natives such as the longstanding Angelo’s Coney Island on the city’s east side, which closed permanently in 2018 after nearly 70 years in business.
The remaining parts of the movie were filmed in Los Angeles and some in Detroit.
Related: Angelo’s Coney Island closes after nearly 70 years in Flint
Cayce said his main goal of the film was to shed light on the ongoing issues surrounding the water crisis and give a platform to Flint natives to showcase their skills.
“My goal is to keep awareness that it’s an aftermath as we speak today with the settlement money, there’s issues with that,” Cayce said. “I’ve been very proactive in learning about what’s going on in Flint.”
In mid July, 15 Flint residents asked U.S. District Judge Judith Levy to reject the $641-million water crisis settlement, citing the money being offered to residents through the settlement doesn’t come close to matching the harm that was done to them.
The settlement calls for nearly 80 percent of the $641-million settlement fund -- after attorney fees -- to be awarded to children who were younger than 18 when they were first exposed to Flint River water, which contained elevated levels of lead, chlorination byproducts, and bacteria in 2014 and 2015.
Related: Flint residents ask judge to reject $641-million water crisis settlement
The director estimates he worked with approximately 20 people from Flint.
Some of the film’s actors include Hawthorne James, Erica Peeples and Tecoya Harris.
Flint natives or residents in the film include Kevin Scott, Gwen Perryman-Lemphill, Sharon Reeves, Bianca Reveals, Fredrick Butler, Cory Bolo-McKenzie, Emmanuel Amoah, Malaya Ragland, Gordon P. Strozier and Anthony Allen.
Rapper Ira “Bootleg” Dorsey of the Dayton Family also has music in the film to accompany the opening and closing credits. Music from Frank Robinson will complement the production as well.
“My main goal is to keep the awareness of the city of Flint, of what happened to the city of Flint, and that’s why I used a narrative version,” Cayce said. “Because if people are talking about how they enjoyed this movie called Flint Tale and they say, ‘I didn’t know that happened in Flint. That’s the place that had the water crisis?’ “Then I’ve gotten my point across.”
Select theaters in Saginaw and Royal Oak will begin showings of the film during the first week of September, Cayce said.
To purchase tickets for the film, visit here.
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