Look Again. Jan 19 – 29, 2012 Park City, Utah

Detroit’s story has encapsulated the iconic narrative of America over the last century— the Great Migration of African Americans escaping Jim Crow; the rise of manufacturing and the middle class; the love affair with automobiles; the flowering of the American dream; and now . . . the collapse of the economy and the fading American mythos.

With its vivid, painterly palette and haunting score, DETROPIA sculpts a dreamlike collage of a grand city teetering on the brink of dissolution. As houses are demolished by the thousands, automobile-company wages plummet, institutions crumble, and tourists gawk at the “charming decay,” the film’s vibrant, gutsy characters glow and erupt like flames from the ashes. These soulful pragmatists and stalwart philosophers strive to make ends meet and make sense of it all, refusing to abandon hope or resistance. Their grit and pluck embody the spirit of the Motor City as it struggles to survive postindustrial America and begins to envision a radically different future.

Award Winner
U.S. Documentary Editing Award - C.L.

Heidi Ewing
heidi@lokifilms.com
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195 Chrystie St Suite 901B Loki Films
New York, NY 10002
United States
DETROPIA
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In 2007 Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady were nominated for an Academy Award for best documentary feature for Jesus Camp, a candid look at the children of the Christian right. Their 2005 documentary feature debut, The Boys of Baraka, chronicled the lives of 12‐year‐old boys who leave home to attend school in Kenya and was nominated for an Emmy. They made their Sundance Film Festival debut in 2010 with 12th & Delaware, a searing look at the abortion battle from two different sides of the same street. They are the founders of Loki Films.

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