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Panic in Detroit - 1967 Detroit riots
Panic in Detroit
David Bowie, dead at 69.
"Panic in Detroit" is a song written by David Bowie for the album Aladdin Sane in 1973. Bowie based it on friend Iggy Pop's descriptions of revolutionaries he had known as a youth in Michigan. It is also interpreted as being written about the 1967 Detroit riots. Rolling Stone magazine called the track "a paranoid descendant of the Motor City's earlier masterpiece, Martha and the Vandellas” "Nowhere to Run”.
He looked a lot like Che Guevara, drove a diesel van
Kept his gun in quiet seclusion, such a humble man
The only survivor of the National People's Gang
Panic in Detroit, I asked for an autograph
He wanted to stay home, I wish someone would phone
Panic in Detroit
He laughed at accidental sirens that broke the evening gloom
The police had warned of repercussions
They followed none too soon
A trickle of strangers were all that were left alive
Panic in Detroit, I asked for an autograph
He wanted to stay home, I wish someone would phone
Panic in Detroit
Putting on some clothes I made my way to school
And I found my teacher crouching in his overalls
I screamed and ran to smash my favorite slot machine
And jumped the silent cars that slept at traffic lights
Panic in Detroit
Having scored a trillion dollars, made a run back home
Found him slumped across the table a gun and me alone
I ran to the window looked for a plane or two
Panic in Detroit he'd left me an autograph
Let me collect dust I wish someone would phone
Panic in Detroit
Panic in Detroit
Panic in Detroit
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DIA, Free Press seek your home movies for '1967 Detroit' project
I thought this deserved some exposure here.
DIA, Free Press seek your home movies for '1967 Detroit' project
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With the 50th anniversary of what’s often referred to as the 1967 Detroit riot arriving next summer, several key Detroit institutions are collaborating to collect home movies and other found footage from the era.
The films gathered in the “1967 Detroit: Home Movies” effort will be used in two distinct cinematic projects — one produced by the Detroit Institute of Arts, the other by the Detroit Free Press....
The DIA and Free Press films will arrive as part of what’s expected to be a wide commemoration and remembrance of the civil unrest’s 50th anniversary, with many cultural institutions already deep into plans for programs, exhibits and events next year. That includes the “Detroit 67: Looking Back to Move Forward” project led by the Detroit Historical Society, which the “Home Movies” effort is part of....
Footage is being sought that will provide perspective to the strife that occurred in Detroit in July 1967. The project is especially interested in films shot in 1967 or thereabouts, including everyday scenes and personal histories of diverse Detroit residents.
While the 50th anniversary is the impetus for "1967 Detroit: Home Movies," the project is not interested in merely depicting the violence and its immediate fallout. It wants to contextualize the events — which means that films shot in other years could be a fit. Scenes of Detroit or suburban family life, social gatherings and business or civic activities are all potentially helpful.
Home movies from that era are often in 16mm, 8mm or Super 8, and those formats are of most interest to the project. Footage that has already been digitized may also be useful.
Anyone who loans footage will receive a digital copy of their film, and the original back. If the footage makes the completed programs, they will also be credited and acknowledged at screenings. There will be no monetary compensation for the use of loaned films.
More details at the link.
Did you live through the '67 riots?
It's now more than 50 years ago, but did any Detroit Yes'ers witness the 1967 race riots? Which areas were hardest hit?