documentary

New Web series laughs at Detroit's "tragic comedy"

Kate Wells — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 01:07:05 +0000

It just may be the first honest campaign ad.

A tall, broad-shouldered man in a gray suit speaks directly to camera as he strides through Detroit.

Charlie Brooks is running for mayor.

And he wants to be clear: even with an emergency manager in charge, Brooks still believes the mayor's office plays a crucial role.

“I’ll take long vacations, so I can be well-rested. And each day at 4 p.m., I’ll bring tea to our [emergency manager]. Tea time!”

Families of Flight 255 victims wait 26 years to hear sole survivor speak

Kate Wells — Fri, 17 May 2013 23:56:32 +0000

This summer will mark 26 years since Northwest Flight 255 crashed onto the highway outside Detroit Metro Airport.

One hundred fifty-seven people were killed. The wreckage stretched across half a mile.

Only one person survived: a four-year-old girl with brown eyes, a chipped tooth, and purple nail polish.

Her name is Cecelia Cichan, and this week, she’s breaking her long public silence about the crash.

Fatal plane crash survivors appear in 'Sole Survivor'

Stateside Staff — Wed, 15 May 2013 21:12:15 +0000

If you lived in Michigan in the summer of 1987, you might remember one news story that was set apart from the others.

It was the evening of August 16 when Northwest flight 255 took off from Detroit Metro Airport, headed to Phoenix. Moments after the plane took off, the MD-80 tilted slightly -- enough for the left wing to clip a light pole, shear the top off of a rental car building, and crash where Middlebelt meets I-94.

154 people aboard the plane and two on the ground were killed. But there was one survivor: four-year-old Cecilia Cichan.

Documentary wraps featuring Detroit plane crash survivor

Kate Wells — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 21:00:55 +0000

Filming has wrapped on a documentary featuring the only survivor of the 1987 plane crash near Detroit.

Twenty-five years after Northwest Flight 255 killed some 150 passengers, Cecelia Cichan is telling her story publicly for the first time.

She was just four years old when she survived the crash that killed her parents and brother. Now she and 13 other lone survivors of commercial crashes are the focus of the film entitled "Sole Survivor."

Michigan teen lowers documentary rating

Michigan Radio Newsroom — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 20:27:51 +0000

An Ann Arbor-area teen took on the MPAA and won.

Bob Needham from AnnArbor.com writes that earlier this year, high-schooler Katy Butler started an online petition urging the Motion Picture Association of America to change its rating of the forthcoming documentary "Bully" from R to PG-13. Butler gathered over half a million signatures in hopes of making the film accessible to younger viewers, Needham says, and now it appears she has achieved her goal.

The Michigan-China Connection (an audio documentary)

Tracy Samilton, Mercedes Mejia, Jennifer White and Zoe Clark — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:35:49 +0000

Cars, agriculture, tourism, it’s all fair game for people who want Michigan to tap into the Chinese market.

But what does that really mean and who really stands to benefit?

Governor Rick Snyder recently led a Michigan delegation to China.

He says strong economic ties between Michigan and what is now the world’s fastest growing economy are essential to Michigan’s economic growth.

Part 1

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/michigan/local-michigan-992930.mp3

Coal: Dirty Past, Hazy Future - A Radio Documentary

Shawn Allee, Mark Brush, Lester Graham and Rebecca Williams — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:00:00 +0000

This documentary is an in-depth look at the future of coal in this country.

The Environment Report explores the role that coal plays in our lives and in the lives of those who depend on coal mining for a living.

Can coal truly be a viable option in the new green economy?

Listen to the Documentary:

Open

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/michigan/local-michigan-973282.mp3

Part 1