Detroit is a 2017 American historical crime drama film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal.

Based on the Algiers Motel incident during Detroit's 1967 12th Street Riot, the film's release commemorated the 50th anniversary of the event.

On July 23, 1967, the Detroit Police Department stage a raid on an unlicensed club during a celebration for some African American veterans returning from the Vietnam War.

Seconds before The Dramatics, a black R&B vocal group, take the stage for a performance that they hope will lead to a recording contract with Motown, the police shut down the venue due to rioting outside.

The shots are mistaken for a sniper attack, and members of the National Guard and the state and local police descend upon the Algiers annex to investigate.

Not understanding the executions were supposed to be faked, officer Demens actually kills Aubrey, and a worried Krauss offers to let the remaining suspects leave if they swear to keep silent.

Closing text reveals that Dismukes subsequently moved to the suburbs to escape death threats and resumed work as a security guard, the police officers never returned to active duty, and the families of some of the victims had limited success with civil lawsuits.

[11] Game of Thrones actress Hannah Murray was cast in a "key role" in the film, although the character she would play was initially kept under wraps.

[20] In October, Jeremy Strong, Chris Chalk, Austin Hébert, Ephraim Sykes, Laz Alonso, Nathan Davis Jr., Malcolm David Kelley, Peyton Alex Smith, and Leon Thomas III all joined the cast of the film.

[28] The Roots and Bilal recorded a song titled "It Ain't Fair", which plays during the film's end credits.

[29] The film began a limited release in 10 markets on July 28, 2017, opening in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Washington, D.C., Detroit, San Francisco, Houston, Atlanta, and Baltimore.

[33] It had its wide expansion alongside Kidnap and The Dark Tower, and was initially projected to gross $10–15 million from 3,007 theaters over the weekend.

[36] Its second weekend of wide release, the film grossed $2.9 million, dropping 59.5% (above average for an adult drama) and finishing in 13th.

[35] Richard Roeper of Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 4 out of 4 stars and called it one of 2017's best, saying: "Journalist-screenwriter Mark Boal (Bigelow's collaborator on The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty) does a magnificent job of juggling the multiple storylines and creating fully authentic characters—some flawed, some basically decent, some evil.

"[41] Writing for Rolling Stone, Peter Travers praised the cast and script, giving the film 3.5/4 stars and saying: "Detroit is far more than a liberal howl against the escalating toxicity of racism in America.

Bigelow, with the same immersive intensity that Christopher Nolan brings to Dunkirk, smacks us down in the middle of a brutal historical event so we can see it – and feel it – for ourselves.

"[42] Conversely, Alexander Nazaryan of Newsweek wrote: "[Bigelow's] characters never come alive, moving through the film less as people than entries in a sociology textbook ...

Some facts are contested within accounts; others were changed for the screen", and then raised the question: "Does a disclaimer at the end sufficiently cover fictional manipulations in an ostensibly true story?