Detroit Lives Johnny Knoxville
In this feature documentary by Johnny Knoxville we see how a broken down community can turn into a dream for hipsters. We see how gentrification has been an ongoing phenomenon throughout our countries histories. In this documentary johnny knoxville goes around places in detroit that used to be feared places but have now turned into areas where white youth are flocking too. Gentrification comes at the expense of minorities whose communities were ripped apart by private investors and building planners. As blacks and latinos were pushed out of neighborhoods they were forced into these city high rises that they could barely afford. Through decades of struggles these families were forced out of where they lived due to social construction. In the documentary we learn that even with young white suburban youths flocking to these types of living for that edgy lifestyles. The local communities love it. Through the youth moving to places such as detroit it give life back into a community that has not had it for years. With these youths businesses are formed co-operations are formed between local farmers. The community gets a facelift from the dark past that it has endured. I found this documentary interesting because it looks at the other sides of gentrification instead of the bad. With all of the good that these youths are doing you still can not overlook the fact that these communities were left to die when the factories left. People's lives were devastated all to the fact that these big corporations are doing what they please with no regard for human life. These factories are what these cities economy was based off of and for them to just close down the factories created a vacuum for crime to happen. With all of these people laid off it created the perfect opportunity for others to prey on the innocent.
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