Gripping trailer for 'Detroit,' a film on the 1967 riots

[LanternWaste]

Looks depressing as hell (but I suppose life often is as well), but well-made. Same director as 0 Dark Thirty and Hurt Locker (Katheryn Bigelow), but I've never seen either, or any of her other films, so I can't really guess from which direction she'll take it. But I have to admit, the trailer is gripping!


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[k8conant]

1. I would like to see how the form comports with what I remember from that time:

it was right after I graduated from high school in Dearborn. My 3rd brother was living in Detroit then.

[gibraltar72]

2. I was there

during the riots. Overlooking the city from UAW headquarters. I was surrounded by both white and black people who were saddened by what were observing.

[irisblue]

3. I was 10 in a Polish Neighborhood when the insurrection happened.

We lived off of Michigan Avenue & Livernois (pronounced liver noi). We'd been at a picnic on Belle Isle that day. The smoke was fierce.
I read Herseys' book in the middle 70s, I expect I will reread it again soon.
LanternWaste, it was a depressing as hell time. Honestly, I am amazed it hasn't happened so many times again.

[gibraltar72]

4. I remember Liver Noy well

It was the used car street in Detroit. I went shopping there several times. Even though I lived 100 miles west. Always liked driving all the way into Detroit on 12.

[MrScorpio]

5. I was five years old at the time, living on the East Side near Downtown...

This all went down exactly as I remember it

[kwassa]

6. I hope it is historically accurate, and not showbized up.

I hate it when Hollywood does that.

I was born in Detroit, but was not there when these riots happened. I did live in LA when those riots happened in '92.

[Quayblue]

7. Thanks for this.

I'm visiting family on the west side right now. Driving around, one can still see thr effects.