 
Calvino
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Username: Calvino
Post Number: 4
Registered: 03-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - 11:18 am: |    |
A friend of mine just released an interesting DVD recounting the history of Detroit crime (The Purple Gang, gangs like the Errol Flynn's, the Young Boys, White Boy Rick, etc.). I recommend you check out the documentary's site. There's a very cool interactive map of Detroit's neighborhoods.
The movie's called "Detroit: 100 Years of Crime and Violence". It's available on Amazon.com. |
French777
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Username: French777
Post Number: 419
Registered: 10-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - 3:16 pm: | |
O yeah I should spend $20 + dollars to see a movie about Crime and Violence in Detroit!
No More Neg Sterotypes! |
Calvino
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Username: Calvino
Post Number: 5
Registered: 03-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 3:45 pm: | |
I'm not really sure what it has to do with negative stereotypes. This is a guy (Detroit native) who studied with me at U of M with a graduate degree in economics. I don't want to give the impression it's a celebration of crime, or a session of Detroit-bashing. It's simply an interesting history of organized crime in the city, from it's earliest manifestation to today. |
Bragaboutme
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Username: Bragaboutme
Post Number: 198
Registered: 02-2008
| | Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 3:55 pm: | |
I wonder will it show the influence they had or still have on the unions. Nobody really talks about that in Detroits' history. |
Ed_golick
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Username: Ed_golick
Post Number: 965
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 4:52 pm: | |
Here's a shot of the DVD cover. Looks like the official title is MURDER CITY Detroit: 100 Years of Crime and Violence.
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Mcp001
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Username: Mcp001
Post Number: 3382
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 5:15 pm: | |
I don't necessarily look at it as a negative stereotype, I see it as local history.
I'd hate to see this brushed aside, just because the subject matter is something that someone doesn't want to acknowledge. |
Xd_brklyn
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Username: Xd_brklyn
Post Number: 385
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 5:47 pm: | |
Well the title is a sensational, but they are in the business of selling DVDs. What is the company producing this? An AL PROFIT Company? Nice B-movie touch. I'll have to rent it. |