SONS OF DETROIT

Part Love Letter, Part Detective Story,

SONS OF DETROIT is a genre-bending film centered around acclaimed filmmaker and performer Jeremy Xido’s return to his hometown of Detroit. As a young white kid, Jeremy was taken in and raised as one of the cousins in a black family. When he returns home for the first time in 20 years, hoping to be received as a prodigal son, he is confronted with the devastation his city and family experienced in his absence. 

To piece together what happened, he searches out his cousin, Boo, who is also recently home after 20 years in prison. Together, the two men unravel tangled threads of race, class, violence, history, and the meaning of family.

An investigation into the perils of silence, SONS OF DETROIT opens the door on nuanced, unflinching conversations about race—and especially about whiteness—rarely seen on film. As it unfurls the story of one American family, the film challenges our perspectives about who we think we are and with whom we live.