“It was the perfect name for the movie, because the fire inside is still burning,” Shields said. Shields hosted the premiere of “The Fire Inside” at Cinemark Flint West on Sunday, Nov. 1 ...

and I spent a lot of time in Flint. It was so important to me to try to get that right, because it’s an incredible place that is built off of resilience and grit, which is what this movie is about.