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: The Bankruptcy of Detroit 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.
The film was selected as the Winner of the 2021 Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film.
