Detropia
A look at America’s first post-industrial city
DETROPIA chronicles the lives of several Detroiters trying to make sense of what is happening to their city. An owner of a blues bar, a young blogger, an auto union rep, a group of young artists, an opera impresario and a gang of illegal “scrappers” make up an unlikely chorus that illuminates the tale of both a city and a country in a soul-searching mood, desperate for a new identity.
The woes of Detroit are emblematic of the collapse of the U.S. manufacturing base. Is the Midwestern icon actually a canary in the American coal mine? DETROPIA is a cinematic tapestry of a city and its people who refuse to leave the building, even as the flames are rising.
Director
Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady
Producer
Craig Atkinson, Heidi Ewing, and Rachel Grady
Runtime
60 Minutes
Rights Represented
International Rights
Captions Available
None Available
Language
English
Press
“It’s elegiac, beautiful and quietly devastating.”
- New York Magazine
“Twenty years after Michael Moore mourned the decline of the auto economy of Flint Michigan in Roger & Me, Detropia is a hymn to the collapse of the more distressed and dangerous Detroit nearby.”
- Screen International
Festival & Awards
Winner, Editing Award—SUNDANCE Film Festival
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