Boblo Boats: A Detroit Ferry Tale (2021)
• September 22nd, 2021 • 1h 19min
Documentary
Overview
For over 85 years, steamship Ste. Claire transported generations of Detroiters to Boblo Island, an amusement park nestled in the waters between the US and Canada. When the vessel comes under threat of ruin, a doctor, psychic and amusement park fanatic unite to save their beloved steamship from the scrapyard. Interweaving local lore and mythology, "Boblo Boats" explores the whitewashed history of amusement parks and one crew's crusade to bring back the memories.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Black Power: A British Story of Resistance
Released on: 2021-03-25
Documentary
An examination of the Black Power movement in the late 1960s in the UK, surveying both the individua...
Prater
Released on: 2007-02-10
Documentary
Vienna’s Prater is an amusement park and a desire machine. No mechanical invention, no novel idea or...
1968: A Year of War, Turmoil and Beyond
Released on: 2018-07-20
Documentary, History, TV Movie
The Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Movement, the May events in France, the a...
Framing Britney Spears
Released on: 2021-02-05
Documentary
Her rise was a global phenomenon. Her downfall was a cruel national sport. People close to Britney S...
The Red Elvis
Released on: 2007-02-13
Documentary
A documentary on the late American entertainer Dean Reed, who became a huge star in East Germany aft...
Lenin kam nur bis Lüdenscheid - Meine kleine deutsche Revolution
Released on: 2008-02-11
Documentary
The free, almost naive view from the perspective of a child puts the "68ers" in a new, illuminating ...
Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace
Released on: 2019-10-25
Documentary, History
Celebrating the splendor and grandeur of the great cinemas of the United States, built when movies w...
This Is It
Released on: 2009-10-28
Music, Documentary
A compilation of interviews, rehearsals and backstage footage of Michael Jackson as he prepared for ...
Black Magic
Released on: 2008-03-08
Documentary
Examines Civil Rights-era America through the prism of basketball at historically black colleges and...
Africa Light / Gray Zone
Released on: 2010-01-30
Documentary, Adventure
"Africa Light" - as white local citizens call Namibia. The name suggests romance, the beauty of natu...
Noble Sissle's Syncopated Ragtime
Released on: 2018-10-01
Documentary, Music
Combining footage unseen since WWI with original scores from the era, this film tells the story of N...
Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992
Released on: 2017-04-21
Documentary, History
An in-depth look at the culture of Los Angeles in the ten years leading up to the 1992 uprising that...
The Black List: Volume Two
Released on: 2009-02-26
Documentary
THE BLACK LIST: VOL. 2 profiles some of today's most fascinating African-Americans. From the childho...
Class Action Park
Released on: 2020-08-22
Documentary
Class Action Park explores the legend, legacy, and truth behind the 1980s water park in Vernon, New ...
Steal This Film
Released on: 2006-08-21
Documentary
Steal This Film focuses on Pirate Bay founders Gottfrid Svartholm, Fredrik Neij and Peter Sunde, pro...
Chariots of the Gods
Released on: 1970-04-26
Documentary, Mystery
Documentary based on the book by Erich Von Daniken concerning the ancient mysteries of the world, su...
Salute
Released on: 2008-07-17
Documentary
The black power salute by Tommie Smith and John Carlos at the 1968 Mexico Olympics was an iconic mom...
Coded Bias
Released on: 2020-11-11
Documentary
Exploring the fallout of MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini's startling discovery that facial r...
Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution
Released on: 2020-03-25
Documentary
Down the road from Woodstock in the early 1970s, a revolution blossomed in a ramshackle summer camp ...