Detroit: Ruin of a City (2005)
92 min
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.
- Release date
- March 18, 2005
- Country of origin
- United States, United Kingdom
- Music
- Michael Nyman
Cast
- Lowell Boileau as Self - Artist
- Dan Georgakas as Self - Poet and historian
- Tyree Guyton as Self - Artist
- Loïc Wacquant as Self - Sociologist
Crew
- George Steinmetz · Director
- Michael Chanan · Writer
- George Steinmetz · Writer
- Michael Nyman · Composer
- Michael Chanan · Cinematographer
- Michael Chanan · Editor