detroit

A woman and her family struggle to keep their dignity as they move from the hills of Kentucky to the chilling indifference of a big midwestern city.

Photographs and text help trace the history of Detroit's auto industry, and discuss the influence the city had on the development and manufacturing of cars in the United States.

Chronicles the trial in 1925 of Dr. Ossian Sweet who moved his family into an all-white neighborhood in Detroit and was subsequently arrested and tried along with his wife and other African Americans for the murder of Leon Breiner, a former coal miner who lived near Sweet's house.

A woman and her family struggle to keep their dignity as they move from the hills of Kentucky to the chilling indifference of a big midwestern city.