Grand Stand Pictures

01/16/2026

Save the date. Sneak Preview of the groundbreaking documentary film: “A City Within a City: The Black Freedom Struggle in Grand Rapids, Michigan” Friday February 20th, 2026 at Wealthy Theater.

12/29/2025

Greetings Grand Rapidians & Friends,

Over the next 45 days…we are in the final stretch to finish our film! We can’t do this without YOU. 🫵🏽

For the past year plus, “A City Within a City: The Black Freedom Struggle In Grand Rapids, Michigan” Documentary Film has been in post-production—carefully shaping a documentary that honors Black history, leadership and legacy in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Find out how to get your name or organization’s logo into the film credits. All donations are tax deductible.

Help us finish this groundbreaking film and we’ll acknowledge you or your organization appropriately on the screen. Be a Grand Champion with this !

This is your chance to help finish the story—and be part of it.

See your name on the ! 🎥🎬🎞️

Inbox us for more details! Please share!

12/24/2025

1967 The American Scene

As the Democrats are attempting to make an issue of Gerald Ford's probity, the community that helped shape him stands as a kind of character witness. Just as Plains, Ga. (pop. 683), is typical...

12/21/2025

and beyond! ❤️🖤💚

12/01/2025

seeks to film a 90-minute documentary that depicts the ways Black Grand Rapidians have encountered and resisted structural racism & gatekeeping. Although this doctoral dissertation has enjoyed endless reprints, we need to break it down so more people can access this revolutionary way of telling our....

11/15/2025

Soon come! and beyond! 🙏🏾✊🏾💪🏾🎬🍿

11/12/2025

As our agent arrived at the American Film Market, here was the first thing she saw

10/12/2025

09/18/2025

Attend! Bring your creative friends & ideas.

Calling all artists! Come hear how creatives are collaborating in cities like Toronto to build their networks and visibility. What would it take to foster our GR artists of all kinds working together, and to map the cultural assets of Grand Rapids? Come hear what Director Marvin Towns, Jr. has experienced making 2 films in Toronto this summer. Free. Bring ideas.

03/08/2025

🕊️ Rest well, Mr. Fred Brown, a good and humble servant! Job well done. 🙏🏾💪🏾✊🏽❤️

11/11/2024

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While some outlets report that Grand Rapids is one of the best places in the country to raise a family, it is simultaneously described as one of the worst for African-Americans in the country. As residents try to reconcile living in a city that is really two or three different cities at once, variou...