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Madonna back in Michigan to show her documentary

By John Flesher / Associated Press

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Madonna arrived in this resort town Saturday as one of the headliners of a film festival founded by fellow Michigan native Michael Moore.

Hundreds of fans cheered from behind barricades as Madonna, wearing a black dress, high heels and sunglasses, stepped out of a black sport utility vehicle that pulled up in front of the State Theatre downtown. She hugged a waiting Moore, who sported an orange baseball cap, and posed for photos with him.

"Welcome home, Madonna!" shouted one fan. "Thank you," answered the 49-year-old singer, born to the southeast in Bay City and raised in the Detroit suburb of Rochester Hills.

Madonna was to introduce her documentary, "I Am Because We Are," before a Saturday evening screening held as part of the Traverse City Film Festival. The movie deals with the orphans of Malawi, the African nation where she and husband Guy Ritchie adopted a son.

Madonna was accompanied by her 11-year-old daughter, Lourdes, and the film's director, Nathan Rissman. Ritchie was not present. She was not expected to make any other appearances in the Traverse City area.