Date/Time
Date(s) - March 18, 2026
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Location
Loranger Architecture Exhibition Space
The School of Architecture & Community Design (SACD) will hold a special screening of the film Resurgo: The Rise from Within, on Wednesday, March 18, at 2:30 p.m., in the Loranger Architecture Building Exhibition Space.
The event will include a 45-minute preview screening of the film followed by a discussion.
Resurgo: The Rise from Within is a feature-length documentary that offers an immersive look at Detroit’s urban transformation through the eyes of filmmaker Stephen McGee. It explores themes of neighborhood resilience, community identity and the evolving built landscape. Co-produced with Detroit Poet Laureate Jessica Care Moore, the film highlights the voices of longtime Detroiters with sweeping visual sequences to challenge the dominant ruin narrative and present the city on its own terms. The film has earned critical acclaim and recognition in documentary film circles, including Oscar eligibility consideration.
Stephen McGee is a California-born photographer and filmmaker who has made Detroit his home since 2005. A former Detroit Free Press staff photographer, he has spent two decades embedded in the city’s neighborhoods, building relationships and an expansive visual record of a place in profound transition. His directorial work spans community storytelling, commercial campaigns and civic projects, always insisting that Detroit be seen with clarity, beauty and honesty.
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