Detroit Wild City

Synopsis

The automobile industry jump-started Detroit’s prolific rise and helped turn it into the most industrialized city in the United States. But drastic changes in American demographics & culture have upended the once prosperous city, leaving it in partial ruins. Today, vast urban prairies, populated with a diverse array of wildlife including falcon, deer, and coyote, have replaced what once had been working- and middle-class neighborhoods. Now, an unexpected turn of events has created a ‘blank canvas’ environment where young people and urban farmers are moving back into the ruined neighborhoods of old Detroit…

Director Biography

Was born in New Caledonia, in the South Pacific Ocean. A self-educated filmmaker, he works and lives in Paris. He started to make films in 2007, observing a corporate building from its own windows, like a spy in L’observatoire.