Detroit

Detroit

2017 · 2 hr 23 min · R

Crime, Drama, History

Directors

Kathryn Bigelow

Actors

  • John Boyega
  • Anthony Mackie
  • Algee Smith

Credits: 3

Summary

Fact-based drama set during the 1967 Detroit riots in which a group of rogue police officers respond to a complaint with retribution rather than justice on their minds.

More about this movie

A police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest RACE riots in United States history. The story is centred around the Algiers Motel incident, which occurred in Detroit, Michigan on July 25, 1967, during the racially charged 12th Street Riot. It involves the death of three black men and the brutal beatings of nine other people: seven black men and two white women.

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