Detroit 48202: Conversations Along a Postal Route (2018)
Conversations Along a Postal Route
82 min
"Detroit 48202" examines the rise, demise and contested resurgence of Detroit through the lens of mail carrier Wendell Watkins and the residents he has faithfully served for 30 years. The resilient Detroiters on Wendell’s route share stories of pushing against racial segregation in housing, challenging industrial and political disinvestment and living on reduced pensions as a result of Detroit’s bankruptcy. They also share stories of hope and propose creative ways to re-imagine an inclusive, equitable and productive city. Foregrounding the voices of African-American working class Detroiters, it offers a nuanced and complex understanding of a city at the crossroads.
- Release date
- April 11, 2018
- Country of origin
- Not yet available
- Music
- Tom Phillips
Cast
- Gordon Baker as Self
- Lewis Bass as Self
- Marian Kramer as Self
- Kim Moore as Self
- Julia Putnam as Self
- Thomas Sugrue as Self - Historian
- Wendell W. Watkins as Self
Crew
- Pamela Sporn · Director
- Pamela Sporn · Producer
- Tom Phillips · Composer
- Tami Gold · Cinematographer
- Joan Mandell · Cinematographer
- Pamela Sporn · Cinematographer
- Rachel Watanabe-Batton · Cinematographer
- Kathryn Barnier · Editor
- Lewis Erskine · Editor