Gradually, Then Suddenly: The Bankruptcy of Detroit

Gradually, Then Suddenly: The Bankruptcy of Detroit (2022) is a documentary film directed by James McGovern, Sam Katz.

Once heralded as the spirit of American manufacturing, music, and democracy, Detroit kicked its fiscal can down the road for decades plummeting into insolvency, culminating in the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. GRADUALLY, THEN SUDDENLY is the inside story of how a state-appointed Emergency Manager and the people of this iconic American city- confronting financial ruin-followed a treacherous path towards a new beginning.

Cast

Leanna Sullivan

Jr. Journalist

Whitney Lemelin

Mark Stryker