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Filmmaker Passionate About Historic Idlewild

http://ipraudio.interlochen.org/Historic_Idlewild.mp3

In 2007, Hollywood made a musical named Idlewild. They took the name from Northern Michigan's African-American resort. The movie disturbed Coy Davis. Davis had shown the real Idlewild in his own documentary of 2001. Now, it seemed, Hollywood was gunning down the resort's image. That put Davis on a mission. Brad Aspey reports.