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Poletown lives!

Documents July, 1980, resistance by a Polish community in Detroit to forced relocation of an auto plant by General Motors.

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  • "Documents July, 1980, resistance by a Polish community in Detroit to forced relocation of an auto plant by General Motors."@en
  • "Documents the controversy that resulted from the 1980 announcement of General Motors that it planned to build a factory in a residential neighborhood after evicting the people who lived there. Focuses on the political activities undertaken by residents in an unsuccessful attempt to force General Motors to abandon the plan."
  • "Documents the controversy that resulted from the 1980 announcement of General Motors that it planned to build a factory in a residential neighborhood after evicting the people who lived there. Focuses on the political activities undertaken by residents in an unsuccessful attempt to force General Motors to abandon the plan."@en
  • "Documents how an inner-city Polish and black neighborhood was torn down when the city of Detroit used its power of eminent domain to turn the land over to General Motors for construction of a Cadillac plant. Takes the point of view of Poletown's lower middle-class residents, who became radicalized when they found that the institutions they trusted -- the courts, the United Auto Workers, the church, and their politicians -- were not going to help them. Blue Ribbon winner, American Film Festival."@en
  • "Documentary that tells, from the residents' point of view, the story of Poletown, an inner-city Detroit neighborhood that was destroyed in 1981 when the city used its power of eminent domain to turn the land over to General Motors for construction of a Cadillac plant. Shows the changes in attitudes as the people realized that the institutions they trusted -- the courts, the United Auto Workers, the church, the City Council, and the media --were not going to help them."@en
  • "Documentary that tells, from the residents' point of view, the story of Poletown, an inner-city Detroit neighborhood that was destroyed in 1981 when the city used its power of eminent domain to turn the land over to General Motors for construction of a Cadillac plant. Shows the changes in attitudes as the people realized that the institutions they trusted -- the courts, the United Auto Workers, the church, the City Council, and the media --were not going to help them."
  • "Chronicles one community's efforts to save its homes and churches from demolition in a Detroit neighbourhood called Poletown."

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  • "Documentary films"@en
  • "Nonfiction films"@en
  • "Video recordings"@en
  • "Social problem films"@en

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  • "Poletown lives!"@en
  • "Poletown lives!"
  • "Poletown lives"

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