The graphics department did a lot of good work as
well, especially related to the music culture of 1980s
Detroit, and digging up ads from popular beverages
to sneakers that we hoped would evoke and trigger
memories of that time.
We built roughly twenty sets and altered another
eightyish interior and exterior locations in Atlanta
to look like Detroit in the '80s, a challenge other
shows before us have successfully undertaken.
Between COVID, budget and block shooting, at
times, it felt especially challenging and tricky. But
the production had awesome sets tied right into
1986 Detroit that triggered so many memories for
the crew: private homes honoring real people, a
Black barber shop, a Foot Locker, bowling alleys,
dim back rooms where deals are made, fancy
clubs, hospitals, staple restaurants and fast-food
joints, back alleys, the etroit iver, church and
stash houses (some of them real, looking back)
and many of these locations were crucial building
G
E. BARBER SHOP. SKETCH
BY HERNAN CAMACHO.
F. BARBER SHOP INTERIOR.
SET PHOTO BY SEAN
HORAN.
G. BARBER SHOP. PLAN
FRONT ROOM AND
BACKROOM. THIS
LOCATION WAS LATER
TURNED INTO: RECORD
STORE, GAMBLING SPOT
AND ILLEGAL CASINO.
DRAWN BY JOSHUA WELLS.
H. BARBER SHOP
ENTRANCE. SET PHOTO.
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