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…arts&life film A vintage photo of the 1967 riots in Detroit, used by director Kathryn Bigelow in the film Behind The Scenes A local editor helped movie director Kathryn Bigelow recreate the Algiers Motel incident for Detroit. SHARI S. COHEN CONTRIBUTING WRITER David Zeman 34 August 17 • 2017 D avid Zeman was born in Detroit, where his family once owned Zeman’s Bakery on Twelfth Street. Almost 50 years after the July 1967 civil d...…
…THE DEFENSE Norman L. Lippitt, the lawyer who represented the police officers charged in the Algiers Motel cases, also provided his recollections to the movie’s director, Kathryn Bigelow, and her team. Lippitt, now 81 and still practicing law, was contacted by a film researcher and subse- quently met for several hours with Bigelow and later Matthew Budman, one of the film’s producers, in early 2016. The moviemakers took photos of Lippitt’s ex...…
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