CinemaOSMovie · 2005 · 1h 32m · NR

Detroit: Ruin of a City

80%(1)IMDbDocumentary

Detroit, known as Motor City, once the fourth largest city in the United States, home of the Ford Motor Company, General Motors and other major car manufacturers, is nowadays a city in serious decline, which has lost more than half its population and much of its real estate. Until recently, residents would celebrate'Devil's Night' on the eve of Halloween by going out and setting fire to dilapidated buildings. Houses, factories, stores, office blocks, theatres, even the railway station, stand in ruins or have disappeared altogether, leaving vast empty lots that have returned to nature. The home of Motown music, Detroit is also the most segregated major city in the United States, and one of the poorest, struggling to provide public services for its needy inhabitants.

Directed byMichael Chanan, George Steinmetz

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 32m
Language
EN
Released
March 18, 2005

Featuring

Cast & crew

4 credited
Starring

Lowell Boileau

Dan Georgakas

Tyree Guyton

Loïc Wacquant

Creative team
Directed by
Michael Chanan
Michael Chanan
George Steinmetz
Written by
George Steinmetz
Michael Chanan
Michael Chanan

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