Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Chris Chalk | ... | Officer Frank | |
Mason Alban | ... | Police Sergeant James | |
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Bennett Deady | ... | Police Officer Bill |
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Andrea Eversley | ... | Dancer |
Michael Jibrin | ... | Vietnam Vet | |
Khris Davis | ... | Blind Pig Patron | |
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Tokunbo Joshua Olumide | ... | Dave |
Daniel Washington | ... | Blind Pig Bouncer | |
Amari Cheatom | ... | Undercover Cop | |
Tyler James Williams | ... | Leon | |
Laz Alonso | ... | Congressman Conyers | |
Benz Veal | ... | Nate Conyers | |
Angel Blaise | ... | Young Kid #1 | |
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Lance Law | ... | Young Kid #2 |
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Jaleel Sanders | ... | Young Kid #3 |
A police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest RACE riots in United States history. The story is centred around the Algiers Motel incident, which occurred in Detroit, Michigan on July 25, 1967, during the racially charged 12th Street Riot. It involves the death of three black men and the brutal beatings of nine other people: seven black men and two white women.
The facts, not alternative facts but the facts. Once you have that then the artist comes and tells us, dramatizes, enlightens without distorting the facts. I was sweating when Detroit ended but I needed to go back and check the historical records of the events. The movie is a faithful depiction of the facts with the artistic eye of the amazing Kathryn Bigelow to illustrate them. The film will make you mad, it will desolate you and anger you and force you as an American to ask yourself, how can this possibly be? Detroit as an artistic venture is a marvel with a cast of fantastic actors. Bravo!