'Detropia,' a documentary at Sundance Film Festival, shows a different view of Detroit
'Detropia,' a documentary at Sundance Film Festival, shows a different view of Detroit
January 20, 2012
By Julie Hinds
Detroit Free Press Staff Writer
The Sundance Film Festival is often a platform for movies that make the world wake up and watch.
This year, Detroit will be in the spotlight at the prestigious event in Park City, Utah. "Detropia," which has its world premiere Saturday, portrays the Motor City as a canary in the coal mine of America's economic future.
The feature-length documentary is one of many films playing at Sundance that reflect what's playing out across the country, in terms of the growing focus on corporate greed, poverty and income disparity.
"Detropia" could be among the standouts of the 2012 festival.
"It was a slam dunk for me the second I saw it," said David Courier, senior programmer for the festival. "It is definitely about Detroit, of course, but it is also using Detroit as a microcosm of America today. If there's one trend that we saw in films across the board, it's a reexamination and reinvention of the American dream in the wake of the economic collapse."
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