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The Detroit movie premiere in Detroit, Michigan was on Tuesday night at the Fox Theater, and we have pics!
The film covers the July 1967 uprising and focuses specifically on a racially charged incident in the now-leveled Algiers Motel where three young African-American men were shot and killed, and several others beaten.
Three white Detroit Police officers and one African-American security guard were charged with their murders and found not guilty.
Motown singer, Martha Reeves was on hand for the premiere.
Author/professor Michael Eric Dyson poses on the red carpet at the Fox theater in Detroit. While on the carpet the author discussed the film.
“I think people will be riveted by it,” Dyson said Tuesday evening. “The reality is across this nation in Minnesota, in New York, in other places, police brutality has been unfortunately and tragically evergreen and a staple, and unarmed black people have died.”
The historic Fox Theater has a small role in the film.
“It feels like the perfect place to premiere the film,” said actress Hannah Murray, who played Julie in the film. “Coming full circle to be able to share it with the city … it’s amazing and it feels like this is exactly the right place.”
Check out the trailer for Detroit and don’t forget to catch it when it hits theaters
