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Detropia (2012)

Detropia (2012)

Documentary
Release Date: 2012, September 7
Directors: Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady
Countries: United States of America
Production: Loki Films, Impact Partners, JustFilms / Ford Foundation, ITVS, Vital Projects, Independent Lens, Ford Foundation

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

woman director capitalism economy detroit, michigan business middle class crisis economics auto industry manufacturing trade