Bigelow’s ‘Detriot:’ a tense exploration of race relations with contemporary implications

Nicholas Ottone | Monday, August 28, 2017

All through Kathryn Bigelow’s new film “Detroit” runs a strain of anger — the titular city a racially riotous powder keg sparked by a seemingly routine bar bust. Working from a fiercely journalistic script written by common collaborator Mark Boal, Bigelow of “The Hurt Locker” and “Zero Dark Thirty” fame focuses her camera on a