Documentary filmmaker Rick Prelinger makes films that are carefully pieced together from his collection of more than 14,000 home movies.
Two of them are playing this week at the Traverse City Film Festival. One film takes a look at the American road trip. The other is sort of a time capsule of the city of Detroit.
Both films are – for the most part – silent movies. But Prelinger says that’s by design. He wants the audience to feel free to talk throughout the movie.