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Detroit

2017 · Drama · Kathryn Bigelow · 2h 23m

During the 1967 riots, police pull a group of young Black men and two women out of a motel annexe and question them through the night. The middle hour stays in that corridor and does not let up.

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  • Strongly realistic

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