RESURGO Presents
DETROIT: THE RISE FROM WITHIN
The comeback story of the century began in the people who never left
Coming 2025
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Detroit, home to America’s greatest ruins like Michigan Central Station and a $1 house, is now the comeback story of this century. From 1952-2010, almost 2 million people moved out of Detroit. This portrait of Detroiters who never left follows the filmmaker's 20 year, 3 million fotograph, 10k hour archive.
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.
