Editor’s advisory: Some of the movies and trailers linked in this story contain serious themes and adult language. “Our School” in particular is notable for several instances of profanity.
Today, filmgoers in New York City will be able to see "Burn," a movie about Detroit firefighters, when it debuts at the Tribeca Film Festival.
It's a documentary that has been getting attention across the country. But as a Detroit-themed work, it's far from alone.
The Motor City is more than ready for its close-up, thanks to a surge of documentaries from filmmakers here and elsewhere. "Detropia" made an impact at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. Other projects, such as "Lemonade: Detroit," have drawn much local buzz.
To give you a sense of the crowded cinematic landscape, we've taken a close look at a wide range of recent documentaries about Detroit's present and future, found some other titles about the city's cultural, music and green scene and tracked down some upcoming events with a documentary angle...
"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives." Winter is Coming Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
