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DVD

Detropia

Call Number

  • DVD 977.434 D4836 (CEN)

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Publication Information

[New York] : Docurama Films : Distributed by New Video Group, [2013]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (ca. 91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

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, this documentary sculpts a dreamlike collage of a grand city teetering on the brink of dissolution.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally released as a documentary in 2012.

Bonus features: over 90 minutes of deleted and extended scenes.

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