Detroit

Release August 4, 2017 (Wide)
Cast John Boyega, Will Poulter, Algee Smith, Jacob Latimore, Jason Mitchell, Hannah Murray, John Krasinski, Anthony Mackie
Director Kathryn Bigelow
Writer Mark Boal
Genres Drama, Thriller
Studio Annapurna Pictures/Entertainment One
Length 143 mins.
Website detroit.movie

Synopsis

In the summer of 1967, a handful of rioters took over the city of Detroit following a police raid on an unlicensed bar. Army paratroopers, National Guardsmen and state and local police were called on to help put a stop to the rioting, which lasted for five days.

What sparked the riots was the racism and discrimination by the police force that was felt within the city by the African American population. In the end, 43 people were dead, almost 1,200 were injured and over 2,000 buildings destroyed.


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