The Black Canon, Michigan Central team to screen Black film treasures

The Black Canon, Michigan Central team to screen Black film treasures

A pair of siblings dedicated to curating their Detroit father’s extensive Black film collection are about to launch a new viewing opportunity with Michigan Central. Ali Wheeler and his sister Alima Wheeler Trapp are co-founders of film collective The Black Canon and its nonprofit arm, The Black Canon Collection, a charitable and educational platform with the goal of curating, preserving and archiving the collection left behind by their father Ja…