Highland Park

2005 | 16mm | 6 min

Shot on 16mm film, Highland Park is a haunting experimental meditation on the rise and fall of a city that once fueled the American dream. Through the lens of the shuttered McGregor Library — a once-vibrant symbol of knowledge and community — the film traces the urban decay of Highland Park, Michigan. Once the birthplace of the assembly line and the Ford Model T, this cradle of American industrialism now stands as a stark testament to capitalism's destruction of land and labor resources, systemic racism, and the erosion of public services.