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Gene Cunningham, Martha Reeves, Joe Lapointe

This documentary covers two tumultuous years in the history of the city of Detroit. In 1967, 43 people died and 2500 stores were destroyed during a violent spate of race riots. Just when it seemed as ... read more read more...though Motown would never recover from this devastation, the city's Tigers baseball team roared into flame, ultimately winning the World Series--and giving the beleaguered metropolis a reason to go hoping that better days were ahead. Generous footage of the seven-game Series is interspersed with eyewitness interviews from such former ballplayers as Willie Horton, Al Kaline and Bob Gibson--and of course, would any story of the Tigers be complete without the colorful input of sportscaster Ernie Harwell? City on Fire: The Story of the '68 Detroit Tigers was first seen over the HBO cable network on July 30, 2002. ~Saw Film/TV Guide/Internet/Expert ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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G, 57 min.

Directed by: Armen Keteyian, Jeff Sarokin

Release Date: July 21, 2002

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  • phatgrrl84
    April 20, 2007
    phatgrrl84
    Wonderful look at how a game can bring a city torn apart back together again! I love the Tigers for that alone (plus they're the BEST). BEAUTIFUL.

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