Abandoned Detroit - The City of Neglect -- Documentary, 2021

[Kathleen]

Thought for sure this would be posted, but I'm not finding anything.

Released [[and posted to YouTube) in January 2021....
https://www.abandonedcentral.com/blo...ct-documentary


"...This documentary follows the life of an urban explorer, named Detroit Unseen, who travels the country to explore, photograph, and document abandoned buildings. Detroit Unseen was the perfect candidate for this documentary because he has been urban exploring for 13 years and although he has travelled all over the country, he has been documenting the City of Detroit over that same time period. Many of the once iconic structures and buildings that he was able to photograph, have since been demolished, ruined, renovated, or restored. After watching this documentary, one thing becomes clear. Detroit was a city that was on the verge of extinction and is now making its way into the history books as a city that made a miraculous comeback. ..."

Probably not much new...but interesting to hear Detroit Unseen's experiences!

[Lowell]

Just got around to watching this. I "liked" it--quotes for qualifying like.

The narrator and main urban explorer clearly has a passion for exploration and to his credit has at least gone beyond the ruins porn gawker aspect to express his feeling in an engaging manner and delve into the history.

He appears not be an educated person both from his grammar and the countless inaccuracies. Nonetheless he shows a high degree of self-education and personal charm to produce an intriguing and entertaining work, worthy of attention. Education and talent are separate items and what he my lack in the former he far more compensates in the latter.

He, Fran Sachetta[?] [name from the credits] gets his intro to the ruins while shooting dope in the Grande Ballroom ruins being led there by another familiar with it [our late Django?]. He cleans up and begins in earnest around 2007, describing the era inaccurately as early days of urban exploration. He gives a shout out for his inspiration to Detroitfunk [Mauser to DetroitYESer's] who had been doing his wonderful work for years by then.

I always had a rule of never entering anything marked no trespassing or requiring breaking and entering but he has no such compunctions. In his earlier times he runs with people armed with door-busting crowbars who ignite fireworks within structures that I found disturbing. Fortunately one can see he grows in many ways over the years and while I would not follow his behavior, I admit to the guilty pleasure to seeing the results of his scoff-lawing. The question is always begged if the results, that would not otherwise have been revealed, justify the means. And since no one died and even remains of loved ones are returned, in one instance, I have to give him a pass.

One wonders too if he obtained rights to all the images and video he borrowed from other sources. The whole operation from exploration to video production has a 'skating on thin ice' feel to it that adds to the tension and leaves one shaking their head and smiling at the same time. I liked it and am not surprised to see it has topped a million views in under four month. What do you think?

[Gistok]

Lowell... I had seen this 2 months ago... and I agree with you... this young gentleman has not had higher education, but he's still weaves an amazing story on the abandonment of Detroit. A pity he doesn't post here.

[Satiricalivory]

Why are these docs, titles and descriptions of the city and it's history always so laughably baroque? No, there was never any chance of "extinction", 6 million people live in metro Detroit. This isn't a damn coal town. The city just came to the pinnacle of it's suburban sprawl problem about ten+ years ago, that's the non-sensationalized truth.

[KnnNike]

Why are these docs, titles and descriptions of the city and it's history always so laughably baroque? No, there was never any chance of "extinction", 6 million people live in metro Detroit. This isn't a damn coal town. The city just came to the pinnacle of it's suburban sprawl problem about ten+ years ago, that's the non-sensationalized truth.

You said it your self - because this is more 'sensational'. 'Abandonment' sells better than 'shifting density'

[Sehv313]

I wouldn't recommend urban exploring but this was a very informative documentary.

[bartocktoo]

To S. Ivory - Somewhere between you and that documentary is the truth. Metro isn't abandoned, the city largely is except for Mid and downtown. It's a tired story. I get the 6 million, which includes Toledo, Windsor, and Ann Arbor. None of which are counted. It's 4.3 I believe officially.