
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.... (Full plot summary below)
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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.
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| AALBC.comKam WilliamsA simultaneously surrealistic and sobering warning that the Motor City's host of woes might be coming soon to a town near you! |
| About.comJennifer MerinA hard-hitting yet lyrical documentary about the current economic woes of once prosperous Detroit, an iconic American city. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsThe oddly beautiful documentary made by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Gray is subtler and richer than its blunt title suggests. |
| NewsdayJohn AndersonJust as the film finds an aesthetic in its dilapidated setting, the city's residents find hope in a desperate place, a place that once represented hope itself. |
| honeycuttshollywood.comKirk Honeycutt'Detropia' is a tone poem, an impressionistic mosaic that gives you a sense of the city and a pandemic of pessimism that challenges those who elect to stay. |
| Detroit NewsTom Long"Detropia" offers up a mirror to the country: This is what the future may look like. Now, what do you want to do about it? |
| Gay City NewsSteve Erickson... the film has a clear perspective: Detroit as a microcosm of the impact of global capitalism... |
| The New YorkerDavid DenbyThis documentary film, about the deconstruction of a great American city, is surprisingly lyrical and often very moving. |
| New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierWhat the movie captures overall looks like a scene from a sci-fi, postapocalyptic nightmare. |
| Time OutKeith UhlichImagine if Frederick Wiseman and David Lynch had a bastard child, and you'll get a sense of the movie's off-kilter aesthetic, a potent and pointed mix of firsthand observation and surreal flights of fancy. |