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Jul 28, 2017 · “Detroit” is presented as a valuable portrait of a bloody, violent, and important moment of American history. The epilogue detailing what happened next for everyone involved over pictures of the real-life versions of the characters and story gestures at vital commentary about racism that the filmmakers never get a handle on.
Kathryn Bigelow's film is a sincere effort to illuminate a singularly dark chapter in history — and a stark reminder of exactly what gets lost when human beings fail to take care of their own.
Jul 27, 2017 · Kathryn Bigelow’s latest film looks at the violence that erupted at the Algiers Motel during the Detroit riots of 1967.
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Apr 12, 2017 · In 1967, on a hot summer night in Detroit, Michigan, three young black men were murdered in a motel by white police officers. Two days earlier, police had raided an unlicensed speakeasy a mile ...
Jul 27, 2017 · Shot in cinema vérité style, Detroit seamlessly mixes real news footage with scripted scenes. The audience meets the central players, beginning with racist cop Philip Krauss (an exceedingly...
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Aug 3, 2017 · Her latest feature, Detroit, is a dramatic retelling of 1967's Detroit uprising/riot. Heading into August, Detroit looked like a film oasis amidst a wasteland littered with the corpses of blockbuster films, but now that it's here, does it deliver on that promise?
Jul 23, 2017 · 'Detroit' director Kathryn Bigelow, in her first film since 'Zero Dark Thirty,' dramatizes an incident of police terrorism at the heart of the 1967 riot
