I witnessed the aftermath two weeks later, buildings still smoldering and it looked like a war zone. I was with my grandfather, a lifetime Detroiter, who got emotional as we drove around.
Today on 12th street there's just a vacant lot where it all started. It's officially a park but one without a name or any official acknowledgement on that corner. I'd bet if you asked the neighborhood kids they wouldn't know its significance and that is sad, maybe the movie will change that.
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I always thought of that book when I watched Bigelow's movie "Detroit". It's not scifi, it's history.
Yes, that's what I do as well.
Also, I go to the movies more often to see the films I'm actually interested in.
Baby Driver was my favorite movie of the year--in fact, the best movie I've seen in many years.
Dunkirk, Detroit, and Inconvenient Sequel all good as well!
There's a movie coming out on the story of the 1967 Detroit riots.
http://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/movies/julie-hinds/2017/07/02/detroit-movie-world-premiere-fox-theatre/445885001/
I witnessed the aftermath two weeks later, buildings still smoldering and it looked like a war zone. I was with my grandfather, a lifetime Detroiter, who got emotional as we drove around.
Today on 12th street there's just a vacant lot where it all started. It's officially a park but one without a name or any official acknowledgement on that corner. I'd bet if you asked the neighborhood kids they wouldn't know its significance and that is sad, maybe the movie will change that.
If you want to see a side of this story the MSM doesn't cover, watch this great documentary with Johnny Knoxville:
http://www.palladiumboots.com/exploration/detroit
Detroit's been great since OCP took over. Didn't you see that documentary?