Detroit was once the fourth most populated American city, with the highest-paid middle class workers in the world. The gutting of the auto industry in the mid-1970s began a downward economic slide and exodus that’s emptied out half the population. We’ve heard that dreary story…now, onto the bright side. Urban roots is a documentary film that follows the urban farming phenomenon in Detroit, where rows of dark soil and fresh vegetables are transforming the blighted landscape.
