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RESURGO
Can the West Coast Learn from Detroit

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Synopsis: Resurgo confronts a white father documenting a Black city, whose lens, $1 home and life navigate the fault lines of race exposing the historic forces that forged Detroit’s dual legacy of spectacular ruin and extraordinary resilience. Framed as a love letter to his daughter and quietly to his West Coast childhood home, the film draws urgent parallels between 1960s Rust Belt and the declining “Tech Belt,” as Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Hollywood, and Las Vegas are increasingly branded “the next Detroit”. Flipping the shorthand used to describe cities hollowed by vanished industries and population flight, Resurgo elevates local voices like producer and poet laureate Jessica Care Moore, whose commanding presence and cultural stewardship empower this 20 year visual symphony of humanity.

 

The TEAM: Director Stephen McGee and Producer Jessica Care Moore

The PRODUCER

“Jessica Care Moore is one of the most important storytellers of this century” - Talib Kweli

Producer Jessica Care Moore is Detroit’s Poet Laureate, the CEO of Moore Black Press, executive producer of BLACK WOMEN ROCK!, and founder of the literacy-driven jess Care moore Foundation. An internationally renowned poet, playwright, performance artist, and producer, she is the recipient of the 2013 Alain Locke Award from the Detroit Institute of Arts.

Stephen McGee and Jessica Care Moore first collaborated in 2010 for TEDX Detroit. Since then Jessica, born and raised in Detroit, and Stephen, raised in California, have collaborated on 12 films about Detroit. “All of those collaborations, combined with my interviews, curated the approach to this film, where I point my lens, my daily life and how I talk about Detroit.” - Director Stephen McGee

Producer Christian Lathers : Producer Cory Coffey : Producer Stephen McGee

Point lens to THE PEOPLE

‘The beautiful undercurrent’

As Detroit photographer Elonte Davis says in a recent interview. Interviews with community leaders including Marsha Music, Bill Harris, Waajeed, Ro Spit, Soufy, Hadassah Greensky, woven together into a narrative that welcomes the viewer into life in Detroit. Until recently, the popular narrative of Detroit, led by the abandoned buildings, eclipsed the reality of the people in the city from the outside world.

 
 
 

The Director/Cinematographer

STEPHEN MCGEE

 
 
 
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