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Detropia
Detropia is a 2012 documentary film, directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, about the city of Detroit, Michigan. It focuses on the decline of the economy of Detroit due to long-term changes in the automobile industry, and the effects that the decline has had on the city's residents and infrastructure.
The film's name came from a portmanteau of the words "Detroit" and "Utopia", and was inspired by an abandoned auto parts store, where the letter "A" in "
- Sep 2013, Best Feature, 11th Pacific Meridian Film Festival (Vladivostok, Russia)
- Sep 2013, NETPAC Prize, 11th Pacific Meridian Film Festival (Vladivostok, Russia)
- Sep 2013, Grand Jury Prize, 10th Jameson Cinefest (Miskolc, Hungary)
- Sep 2013, FIPRESCI Prize, 10th Jameson Cinefest (Miskolc, Hungary)
- Sep 2013, International Ecumenical Jury Prize, 10th Jameson Cinefest (Miskolc, Hungary)
- Oct 2013, Best Narrative Feature Film, 22nd Philadelphia Film Festival