DVD
Detropia
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.
Subjects
- African Americans > Michigan > Detroit > Social conditions > 21st century.
- Immigrants > Michigan > Detroit > Social conditions > 21st century.
- Middle class > Michigan > Detroit > Social conditions > 21st century.
- Detroit (Mich.)
- Detroit (Mich.) > History.
- Detroit (Mich.) > Social conditions > 21st century.