On the 10 p.m. news, anchor Huel Perkins read a report about hundreds of Detroiters who gathered to celebrate the opening of the Detroit Docs International Film Festival at the WSU Welcome Center. Film footage taken at the gala included an outdoor shot of the Welcome Center and searchlights, inside shots of the crowd, the decorations and people watching films in the auditorium. The report noted that the all-documentary film festival included the showing of more than 100 films over the weekend at three venues on the WSU campus, as well as other locations around town.