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.
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Leanna Sullivan as Jr. Journalist
Whitney Lemelin as Mark Stryker
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James McGovern · Director, Editor
Sam Katz · Director
Nathan Bomey · Writer
Daniel Slatkin · Composer
Jeff Sukes · Cinematographer
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