Detroit Horror Films and the Politics of Borders
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ม.ค. 2025
- Since the mid 2010s, Detroit has been a popular new setting for horror films like It Follows, Don't Breathe and Barbarian. Let's unpack why...
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Videos used for archival footage:
• Detroit - 1951
• How Detroit Went From ...
• 8 Mile Road 4K. Detroi...
Articles/Videos referenced:
What REALLY Happened to Detroit's Brightmoor by La'Ron Readus
• What REALLY Happened t...
Spook-onomics: The Hidden Economic Metaphors in Horror Movies by Aditi Gupta
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just subscribed & so happy you’re covering this!! Love from Detroit ❤️
Quite interesting analysis, but those sudden images when discusding Mother in Barbarian were sure frightening.
Yay hopping on the subscribe train during your blow up. Noticed this video only had 6 comments and was shocked. Rooting for you!!
I’m loving your videos! Some feedback: Adding time stamps would be super cool! The ending of your videos can feel a bit abrupt. Maybe having a clear “in conclusion” section to wrap up your ideas would be helpful!
Thank you so much for your support and your feedback!!! Going to use it for the next video ❤️
this is so good
Your videos are great, I appreciate all of the context and background knowledge that you include to better understand your thesis/the movies in general. As someone who has lived in Detroit, I hate the mainstream narrative around Detroit. Native Detroiters are some of the most helpful and community-oriented people I’ve ever met. People really have pride for their city. It also does such an injustice to focus on white peoples’ experience in “sketchy” parts of Detroit because the economic collapse of Detroit impacts native detroiters and black detroiters the most
I would argue too that one of present day detroit’s main problems is gentrification and displacement of natives as it picks up economic momentum and downtown and midtown has become more trendy.
nice analysis, Emma. I learned a lot about borders in horror films (scary!) and Detroit's sh*tty history of segregation
YAYA EMMA