Comprised of archival newsreel footage, educational shorts and over 400 never before seen home movie reels donated by Detroit residents to the filmmakers,paints a captivating and informative portrait of that fateful day which forever changed the Michigan city’s history and reputation. Having caught one of the film’s limited theatrical screenings at Cinema Detroit, I can say in just under two hours I became familiarized with nearly every aspect of an event before my time which nearly leveled the city to the ground whose impact is still felt by residents within and outside of Detroit to this very day.