Detropia

A documentary on the city of Detroit and its woes, which are emblematic of the collapse of the U.S. manufacturing base.
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.