Detropia
Docurama ; Loki Films, LLC ; New Video Group ; directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady.
- 1 videodisc (91 min.) sound, color 4 3/4 inches
Detroit's story has encapsulated the iconic narrative of America over the last century: the Great Migration of African Americans escaping Jim Crow; the rise of manufacturing and the middle class; the love affair with automobiles; the flowering of the American dream; and now, the collapse of the economy and the fading American mythos. With its vivid, painterly palette and haunting score, sculpts a dreamlike collage of a grand city teetering on the brink of dissolution.
Rating: Not rated.
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African Americans Immigrants Middle class Nonfiction films Documentary films Social conditions--Detroit, Michigan