“Detroit” Trailer: You Better Get It Right, Fam

[quote_simple]“They [Kathryn Bigalow and Mark Boal] better get this right or we coming to burn down their shit off rip”- The queen, after our first run-through of the Detroit trailer[/quote_simple] I really couldn’t have said this any better. I’ve got so many feels here being a life-long Detroiter myself. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Detroit rebellion, and everyone is throwing their hat in the ring to capture and commemorate one of the most transformative, violent clashes between blacks and police in history. The latest and most audacious of offerings likely to be “DETROIT”, a film directed Kathryn Bigalow, who brought us The Hurt Locker (hey, it won an Oscar) and Zero Dark Thirty (meh), with a film poster showcasing my hometown’s seven heavy letters embossed vertically in fire red with the tagline “It’s Time We Knew”. Okay look…. When I tell you this needs to be handled properly. When I tell you since 1967, the rule is each black child born onto the Three-One-Third is given the history and truth of this revolt like a small blade to keep sharp always. When I tell you we still feeling the effects, reconciling with the fallout, and history stay repeating itself. I’m here for any honest assembly of facts of what became the infamous Algiers Motel Incident in which Detroit police killed three young black men and skated on charges because F*CK THE POLICE. I’m here for putting American history back in the face of an America that loves to forget. I’m here for Atta…