Legendary filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola came home and spoke to a sold-out crowd at the Henry Ford in Dearborn Sunday night, discussing history, humanity and societal ideals while only briefly touching on his storied Hollywood career.

The event was the centerpiece of what Henry Ford president and CEO Patricia E. Mooradian said would be a year-long celebration of the Detroit-born visionary, a 5-time Oscar winner and the director of iconic works such as "The Godfather," "The Godfather Part II" and "Apocalypse Now."

The museum has been screening selections from Coppola's filmography on its Giant Screen all month, including "The Godfather" films, "The Conversation," "The Cotton Club" and "The Rain People." Coming months will include a summertime screening of 1986's "Tucker: The Man and His Dream," Coppola's tale about the auto industry, and a Halloween-timed showing of "Bram Stoker's Dracula," from 1992, said Wendy Metros, the Henry Ford's director of media and film relations.

Sunday's talk was tied to a screening of "Megalopolis," Coppola's surreal, self-funded 2024 sci-fi drama which compares modern times to ancient Rome and follows an architect, played by Adam Driver, who has the ability to stop time.