'Detropia' filmmaker sees positive change in Detroit, visits WSU

Detroit Free Press

'Detropia' filmmaker talks docs at Wayne State event

By Julie Hinds

Filmmaker Heidi Ewing is guardedly optimistic about what she's seeing in post-"Detropia" Detroit. "There are probably 25 restaurants and bars now that were not there when I was making 'Detropia.' There was no Whole Foods then. There was no above-ground rail system being built. There were a lot fewer bodies in the evenings out and about on the streets," says Ewing, who'll be speaking Thursday night at a free event on Wayne State University's campus. Ewing will talk about her film career, show clips of her work and take questions from the audience at Thursday night's special presentation at the Community Arts Auditorium. It's being held by Wayne State's Department of Communication. As a media artist-in-residence and the fall 2015 holder of the Bob Allison (Allesee) Endowed Chair in Media, Ewing has been leading a seminar at the college on interviewing documentary subjects.

http://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/2015/09/29/detropia-filmmaker-wayne-state-university-documentaries/73019126/

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