Madonna returns home for premiere

Madonna has presented her documentary, I Am Because We Are, at the Traverse City film festival in northern Michigan.

The singer, who was born in Bay City in 1958, was met at the screening by director and fellow Michigan native Michael Moore.

Madonna said it was "great bringing my movie to a place that I feel familiar".

"There's something poetic about coming back to the place where I used to come for holidays," she added.

Her film looks at the plight of orphans in Malawi, the birthplace of her two-year-old adopted son, David.

The singer was accompanied to the premiere by her 11-year-old daughter, Lourdes, and the film's director, Nathan Rissman.

Moore, who co-founded the film festival in 2005, said Madonna had "such an incredible heart and such a generous spirit".

He added: "She does so much out of the glare of the lights to make the world a better place."

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