ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION — Georgia Entertainment Scene
By Rodney Ho
Doraville was a modest agricultural town off a major rail line that hit the big time in 1947 when General Motors opened an assembly plant there that defined its existence for decades.
A trio of Sequoyah High School graduates from the 1980s decided to give the city they grew up in a love letter of sorts called “Made in Doraville,” a bootstrapped 40-minute documentary chronicling the town’s history.
A free screening of the film is scheduled for Saturday at 12:30 p.m. at Tara Theatre, which will also include a Q&A and a sing-along of a song created specifically for the film called “Dear Doraville” and the Atlanta Rhythm Section’s 1972 hit tune “Doraville.”
Caroline Camick, Lisa Edmondson and Karen Ketchum raised $54,000 to make the documentary a reality, providing a history lesson that includes growing up in a protective suburban alcove that diversified after the 1996 Olympics. There is a segment about a massive refinery fire in 1972 that killed several people. It also chronicles the city grappling with the loss of the GM plant in 2008 and the rise of the Assembly movie and TV studios in 2023. [MORE]
