Detroit is a dying city, it’s decaying, and everyone is leaving. Or at least that’s what I’ve heard on the news. Images of abandoned dilapidated buildings, empty streets, an almost post-apocalyptic scene. Then I came across a short documentary called Detroit Lives, hosted by Johnny Knoxville, available free on vbs.tv. This short film combats what we are seeing in the media, showing the other side of Detroit. The communities that are fighting their way back, the artists that are moving in, the urban farming that is popping up. A high school with all the windows broken out, clearly no longer in use, is a building that has been used by many media outlets to show the decay in Detroit. What they don’t show is the beautiful new high school building next door that replaced it. Documentaries are a genre of film that I feel are largely overlooked. Very few documentaries become mainstream and get large exposure. Maybe it’s because we are afraid we might actually learn something from them. This short Detroit documentary shows why they are so important. Thanks to the passion and vision of a group of filmmakers, the positive side of a terrible situation has been brought to light.
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