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Will Poulter

INTERVIEW: “Detroit” Actor Will Poulter Embraces Mythology To Portray On-Screen Racist

Originally posted on HipHopDX 8/15/2017

In the supposedly post-racial America, racial tensions continue to be just as high – if not higher – than the days of Jim Crow. For Will Poulter, his role as racist Detroit police officer Krauss in the recently released movie Detroit helped to establish some context as to what is still happening today. DX recently caught up with Poulter in the city of Detroit during the film’s world premiere to discuss his character, the parallels between the events of the movie and today, and what he thinks can be done to help heal.

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Jason Mitchell

INTERVIEW: Jason Mitchell & Algee Smith On Importance Of Detroit Riots’ History

Originally posted on HipHopDX 8/4/2017

The young careers of Jason Mitchell and Algee Smith have already been promising. Breaking out as Eazy-E in 2015’s Straight Outta Compton and Ralph Tresvant in this year’s New Edition biopic respectively, both Jason and Algee’s trajectory couldn’t be higher. 

Kathryn Bigelow’s visceral and harrowing new movie Detroit based on real events brings the two together with the 1967 civil uprising in Detroit as the backdrop. Algee plays Larry Cleveland Reed, lead singer of soul group The Dramatics and Jason depicts 17-year-old Carl Cooper, who was viciously executed by a white Detroit police officer.



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