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‘Gradually, Then Suddenly: The Bankruptcy of Detroit’ wins $200K Library of Congress/Ken Burns documentary prize

OCTOBER 27, 2021 | by Jill Goldsmith | DEADLINE

By Jill Goldsmith, includes “The winning entry explores the decline of the American manufacturing city culminating in the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history in 2013 and its aftermath. … Burns called Gradually, Then Suddenly a ‘complex, nuanced, layered and accomplished tiktok of what’s going on. You get to meet public officials and minor bureaucrats and union people, and it’s trying to figure out how to deal with the crisis. It’s complicated by the politics of Michigan.’ …”

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