The Film

10 Questions for Henry Ford is a documentary art film that examines the controversial life and legacy of the world’s most famous industrialist. A carefully researched combination of historical fact and poetic imagining, the film draws on newspaper interviews, archival film, oral histories, and Henry Ford’s personal notebooks to contrast the popular Ford myth with a far more complicated reality.

Starring acclaimed actor John Lepard as the lingering ghost of Henry Ford, 10 Questions investigates Ford’s often sanitized place in American History, and reveals disturbing parallels between the Age of Ford, and our world today.

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Our Presenting Partners

Founded in 1959, Jewish Historical Society of Michigan, a nonprofit educational organization, interprets and highlights the history of Jewish Michigan. Through the past, we understand our present and actively shape our future. To learn more, please visit this Link

ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) is a leading anti-hate organization. Its timeless mission is to protect the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment for all. Learn more about the activities of the Michigan chapter at this Link

Jewish Community Relations Council/AJC's mission is to represent the metropolitan Detroit Jewish community, Israel and Jews throughout the world to the general community, and to establish collaborative relationships with other ethnic, racial, civic and religious groups. Learn more at this Link

The Filmmaker

Andy Kirshner (director, producer, writer, composer) uses film, theatre, music, dance, and scholarship to explore complex social and historical questions.

An award-winning composer as well as filmmaker, Kirshner is an Associate Professor at the University of Michigan, jointly appointed by the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, and the Stamps School of Art and Design. His innovative, interdisciplinary work has been supported by The National Endowment for the Arts, The Michigan Council on Arts and Cultural Affairs, and The American Academy of Arts and Letters, among others.