Detropia [videorecording] / Loki Films presents ; in association with Ford Foundation/JustFilms and ITVS ; Impact Partners and Vital Projects ; produced and directed by Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady ; producer, Craig Atkinson.
"Licensed for public performance"--Container. Special features: Butch and Chubbs (20:17); The entrepreneur (1:56); City Airport community meeting (5:37); Summer scrapping (5:48); David remembers (1:41); Randy at Local 22 (2:07); Crystal visits her parents (5:42); Big and fast (2:17); Crystal at Cafe 1515 (2:31); Opera board meeting (1:10); Keeping the arts alive (1:17).
Contents:
Classroom version (58 min.) -- Original version (86 min.).
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 ... Detropia sculpts a dreamlike collage of a grand city teetering on the brink of dissolution"--Container.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.