| Description |
1 videodisc (53 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + supplemental educational materials (5 p., [7] p. : ill. ; 28 cm.) |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Performer |
Narrator, Julie Beutel. |
| Credits |
Editor, Jeanie Wylie ; camera, Richard Wieske. |
| Note |
Copyright date on disc label: 1983. |
| Summary |
Documentary that tells, from the residents' point of view, the story of Poletown, an inner-city Detroit neighborhood that was destroyed in 1981 when the city used its power of eminent domain to turn the land over to General Motors for construction of a Cadillac plant. Shows the changes in attitudes as the people realized that the institutions they trusted -- the courts, the United Auto Workers, the church, the City Council, and the media --were not going to help them. |
| Subject |
Automobile industry and trade -- Social aspects -- Michigan -- Detroit.
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Factories -- Location -- Social aspects -- Michigan -- Detroit.
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Eminent domain -- Michigan -- Detroit.
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Right of property -- Michigan -- Detroit.
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Polish Americans -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Social conditions.
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General Motors Corporation.
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Poletown (Detroit, Mich.)
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| Added Author |
Corsetti, George L.
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Wylie, Jeanie, 1956-
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Beutel, Julie.
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Information Factory, Inc.
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| OCLC # |
61134644 |
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