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Taking back Detroit / a film by Stephen Lighthill ; a production of Available Light in association with the Television Laboratory at WNET/Thirteen.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Municipal government.
- History.
- Socialists.
- Detroit (Mich.)--Politics and government--20th century.
- Detroit (Mich.).
- Socialists--Michigan--Detroit.
- Municipal government--Michigan--Detroit--History--20th century.
- Michigan--Detroit.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (55 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Brooklyn, New York] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2015]
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- In the '70s and early '80s, Detroit was the site of an unusual development in U.S. urban politics, as voters elected two socialists to citywide office. The film examines these people against the backdrop of a city in extreme economic crisis.
- Participant:
- Interviewer, Alan Jacobs ; narrator, Kristopher Welch.
- Credits:
- Edited by Kristine Samuelson ; music by Sam Sanders.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: Available Light, c1980.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed July 17, 2015).
- Publisher Number:
- if-tbd Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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