Detropia

IMDb link: 2125490
IMDb rating: 6.5 (1,650 votes)
Genres: Documentary
Director: Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady
Cast: Noah Stewart, Rachele Gilmnore, Michael Wanko, Michigan Opera Theatre Orchestra and others

Release date: 21 Jan 2012
Release year: 2012
Runtime: 90 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: manufacturing, car manufacturing, detroit michigan, automobile factory, city, news footage, political art, eccentricity, graffiti art, street artist

Plot:

The woes of Detroit are emblematic of the collapse of the U.S. manufacturing base. Is the Midwestern icon actually a canary in the American coal mine? DETROPIA is a cinematic tapestry of a city and its people who refuse to leave the building, even as the flames are rising.

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