Rosie O'Donnell is trying to save Detroit one movie at a time

Rosie O'Donnell wants to save Detroit. One way she hopes to begin the savior is through the film industry. Her new Lifetime movie that was filmed in and around Detroit debuts Feb. 28 and also stars a young Detroiter in a lead role.

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When Rosie O'Donnell was in town last year, she blogged that the recession was already a depression in Detroit.

"We must save this city," she wrote.

Months later, as O'Donnell prepares for the Feb. 28 debut of "America," the Lifetime network movie she filmed in and around Detroit, she still doesn't understand why there isn't more awareness across the country of the economic tsunami that's hit here.

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