This insightful documentary combines the preservation vs. demolition debate, with the social and cultural impact of the much loved 106 year old former department store.
BORDERLINE: THE STORY OF
8 MILE ROAD
(29 minutes)
This program captures the spirit and eccentricity of metro Detroit's most provocative thoroughfare.
TRAIN STATION
Michigan Central Train Station
(29 minutes)
The last train left the station on Jan. 6, 1988. The building has sat "vacant" since then. Shot in 1998, produced in 2004, (access to the building is completely closed now) this documentary weaves personal memories with stunning visuals of Detroit's long abandoned Michigan Central Train Depot.
DVD $20 plus $3.50 s/h
This documentary examines Tiger Stadium's rich history, recounts the long struggle to prevent the team from leaving the park, and takes a critical look at
Did you ever meet someone under the Kern's clock? Catch the Woodward Avenue streetcar? Spend a day Christmas shopping at the downtown Hudson's?
Whether you're old enough to
remember or too young to recall, Detroit Remember When I, as seen on WTVS Channel 56, takes you back in time to experience these and other Detroit traditions that live on in rare film, old photographs and fond memories.
From Briggs Stadium to Bob-Lo, Black Bottom to the Boulevard, this made-in-Detroit documentary captures the spirit of the city in reminiscences of what used to be. Summer days at
Belle Isle, Vernor's soda fountain, Jefferson Beach and Edgewater Park are among the sites revisted in footage from Detroit-area family collections and media archives.
Detroit Remember When I
unearths Detroit's history, explores its musical legacy and examines its architecture, politicians, sports legends and landmarks.
$15 plus $3.50 s/h
DVD, 44 minutes (c) WTVS
Do you remember the Model T? How about tailfins or cruising Woodward Avenue?
Though 100 years of Motor City memories, this video celebrates the city that put the world on wheels and the people whose lives were changed forever.
Detroiters relate intimate recollections of life and living in the car capital of the world. Through rare footage from Detroit-area family collections and media archives, the hometown documentary reveals how Detroit was transformed into a world industrial leader, with high wage jobs and neighborhoods filled with single family homes.
From the vision of the assembly line to the roar of the V-8, see how Detroit's promise of a better life attracted thousands to "The City of Champions" with its sports legends, skyscrapers, theaters and landmarks.
Ride along as we travel back through time to when Detroit became the Motor City.
