Requiem for Detroit? / a Films of Record production for BBC.

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Uses Detroit as a window into many sociocultural aspects of American life. Major topics include industrialization, the birth of suburbs and consumerism, black migration and white flight, race relations, unionization, economic decline, and community renewal. Set to a sound track by famous Detroit mus...

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Corporate Authors: Films of Record Ltd, British Broadcasting Corporation, Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Films Media Group
Other Authors: Temple, Julien, Organ, Stephen, Boggs, Grace Lee, Reeves, Martha, Sinclair, John
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: New York, NY : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [2011], ©2011.
Subjects:
Social change > Michigan > Detroit.
Detroit (Mich.) > History.
Detroit (Mich.) > Social conditions.
Detroit (Mich.) > Economic conditions.
Detroit (Mich.) > Race relations.
Documentary television programs.
Genre:
Documentary television programs.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
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Uses Detroit as a window into many sociocultural aspects of American life. Major topics include industrialization, the birth of suburbs and consumerism, black migration and white flight, race relations, unionization, economic decline, and community renewal. Set to a sound track by famous Detroit musicians. Includes archival footage. With commentary by Grace Lee Boggs, Martha Reeves, and John Sinclair.
Note:Originally produced in 2010 as a television program.
Videorecording.
Call Number:F574.D4 R43 2011 VideoDVD
ISBN:9781617332746
1617332747
Credits:Director, Julien Temple; producer, George Hencken; director of photography, Steve Organ.
System Details:DVD.
Participant or Performer:
Narrator, Julien Temple.