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Detroit
Filmmakers
Tackle
City’s
50-Year-Old
Nightmare
By Eddie
Allen/Tell
Us
Detroit
DETROIT
(Tell Us
Det) -
Emmy
Award-winning
Big City
Films
today
announced
the
“Summer
‘67”
documentary
series
that
will
examine
an urban
uprising
that
changed
the
course
of
Detroit.
Dispelling
myths
and
stereotypes,
promoting
discussion
and
understanding
of the
underlying
causes
of the
July
1967
Detroit
uprising
(often
referred
to as
the “’67
riots”)
are
objectives
of the
documentary
trilogy
Summer
’67.
July 23,
2017
will
mark 50
years
since
this
epic
event
shocked
the
city.
In
development
for the
past
year,
“Summer
‘67”
will
feature
original
research
and
interviews
to be
showcased
in a
three-part
2017
film,
with the
centerpiece
exploring
stories
of 43
people
left
dead
during
four
days of
violence
in
neighborhoods
around
Detroit’s
12th
Street.
“We see
news
footage
of tanks
and
burning
buildings
year
after
year on
July
23,”
says
Bruce
Harper,
Big City
Films
director
and CEO.
“Our
series
takes a
deeper
look at
the
underlying
origins
and
long-range
outcome
of a
true
American
tragedy.”
Walt
Douglas,
Avis
Ford
dealer,
long-time
Detroit
business
owner
and
champion
of
economic
equality
was a
recent
transplant
from
Washington
D.C. in
July
1967.
Douglas
recalls
urban
rebellions
in major
communities
around
the
country
in the
months
leading
to the
eruption
on 12th
Street.
“Many
people
thought
it
wasn’t
going to
happen
in
Detroit,
but, of
course,
it did,”
recalls
Douglas,
a
“Summer
‘67”
advisory
board
member.
After
the
uprising
devastated
neighborhoods
that
still
bear its
wounds
decades
later,
Douglas
resigned
from the
IRS,
became
vice
president
of New
Detroit,
and
later
president
of the
nonprofit
organization.
“An
unfettered
storytelling
of the
history
and an
objective
telling
of the
history
is
needed,”
Douglas
says.
“And I
believe
Big City
Films is
the team
to do
it.”
Partners
in the
effort,
which
includes
a public
engagement
component,
include
UAW-Ford
and PBS
Channel
56.
“In
marking
the 50th
anniversary
of the
Detroit
riots,
it is
essential
to
thoroughly
examine
this
seminal
moment
in
history,”
says
Channel
56
consultant
and
former
vice
president
Jeff
Forster.
“It is a
story we
believe
our
viewers
will
find
critical
to
view.”
Big City
Films is
securing
additional
sponsors
to begin
filming
this
fall,
says
Harper.
For
additional
information,
please
visit
www.bigcityfilms.com
or
e-mail
info@bigcityfilms.com.
info@bigcityfilms.com
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