Entries for the fourth annual Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film, which recognizes exemplary accomplishments in historical documentaries, opened on Tuesday (Feb. 22).
Established in 2019, the award, which .
<p>Ken Burns, who collaborated with Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden on the selection, called "Gradually, Then Suddenly" a "complex, nuanced, layered" examination of the city's financial crisis and the political divide between Detroit and the state of Michigan. </p>
The Better Angels Society has named Gradually, Then Suddenly: The Bankruptcy of Detroit as this year’s winner of the Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film.
The film, directed by Sam .