Filming Of 'Life In Osborn' Documentary Continues In Detroit
DETROIT (WWJ) - Filming for a documentary about the revitalization of a Detroit neighborhood continues.
"If you drive around the neighborhood - you'll see this is one of the most blighted neighborhoods in Detroit," says the narrator. "That can change, that will change -this summer. Detroit is not a dot on the map, Detroit is a city that God created - literally to have massive world influence and He is not done with Detroit ..."
Walter Marshall, president of Framed by Grace Films, says filming for the Osborn project, which began last winter, continues in August.
Life Remodeled connects with a variety of organizations; highlighted by the video below:
"We chose Osborn because there was significant need but there was also radical hope - so 'hope' just meaning sustainability, like partners, like the man that worked and block family development - the Skillman Organization. So, it was already being sustained but they just needed a little extra help," said Marshall.
"Life in Osborn" documents the clean up of the Osborn community, starting with the high school. The effort is led by Life Remodeled, a Detroit non-profit.
With over 12,000 volunteers coming from within corporations around the metro Detroit area -- the organization has been significantly aided in the effort.
"GM, Quicken, Ford, Chrysler, Fiat and all these other companies just adopting the neighborhood," said Marshall. "Twenty-one families in the neighborhood - will be having their homes remodeled - there is also going to be massive blight clean-up and many other things throughout the community."
The documentary will be released in the fall.
