Detropia
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  • 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, "Detropia" sculpts a dreamlike collage of a grand city teetering on the brink of dissolution. These soulful pragmatists and stalwart philosophers strive to make ends meet and make sense of it all, refusing to abandon hope or resistance. Their grit and pluck embody the spirit of the Motor City as it struggles to survive postindustrial America and begins to envision a radically different future. (Loki Films)… Expand

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  1. Positive: 11 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 16
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  1. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Phillips
    Sep 21, 2012
    88
    The oddly beautiful documentary made by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Gray is subtler and richer than its blunt title suggests.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Betsy Sharkey
    Oct 5, 2012
    80
    It is a striking and moving study of "what was" versus "what it has become" as the filmmakers try to get at the whys.
  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Karina Longworth
    Sep 4, 2012
    60
    The filmmakers pay elegy to the Detroit of the Motown era, with its thriving middle class supported by manufacturing. At the same time, they're honest about the fact that the version of Detroit local partisans yearn for is long gone and most likely not coming back.

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