Detropia
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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.... (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.com - 10/10 by Kam WilliamsA simultaneously surrealistic and sobering warning that the Motor City's host of woes might be coming soon to a town near you!
About.com - 10/10 by Jennifer MerinA hard-hitting yet lyrical documentary about the current economic woes of once prosperous Detroit, an iconic American city.
Chicago Tribune - 9/10 by Michael PhillipsThe oddly beautiful documentary made by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Gray is subtler and richer than its blunt title suggests.
Newsday - 9/10 by John 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.com - 9/10 by Kirk 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 News - 9/10 by Tom 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 News - 8/10 by Steve Erickson... the film has a clear perspective: Detroit as a microcosm of the impact of global capitalism...
The New Yorker - 8/10 by David DenbyThis documentary film, about the deconstruction of a great American city, is surprisingly lyrical and often very moving.
New York Daily News - 8/10 by Joe NeumaierWhat the movie captures overall looks like a scene from a sci-fi, postapocalyptic nightmare.
Time Out - 8/10 by Keith 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.

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