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ReROOTing the Motor City: Notes on a City in Transition

In the wake of the global financial crash in 2008, two long-festering narratives about Detroit went viral. On one hand media makers relished in "ruin porn", documenting empty factories and abandoned homes as a spectacle of post-industrial urban decay. On the other hand Detroit was celebrated as a playground for young and privileged creatives to rebuild. Inclusionary, home-grown alternatives for the city's revitalization faded into obscurity. Paper Tiger Television debunks these media myths and charts communities’ reactions to gentrifying forces. The film ventures outside mainstream cultural frames, plotting the racially fraught history alongside devoted efforts of reclamation. At the ground level, a radical transformation of human relationships is taking root in the Motor City. Running time: 50 minutes.

Paper Tiger Television is a creative, nonprofit, volunteer-based artists collective that produces documentaries, studio shows and advocacy shorts. Most collective members are media makers interested in creative, independent, alternative media production. Amanda Matles, co-director of the film, will be present for the screening. Amanda is an artist, activist, and filmmaker from Detroit, currently studying Geography in the doctoral program at CUNY Graduate Center.

Location on campus: The Esther Raushenbush Library Meeting Room

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