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Let the Fire Burn
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On May 13, 1985, a longtime feud between the City of Philadelphia and the Black Liberation organization, MOVE came to a deadly climax. This dramatic tragedy unfolds through an extraordinary visual record previously withheld from the public.
Actors:
Birdie Africa, Ramona Africa, Wilson Goode, William Brown III, Delbert Africa, William B. Lytton, LaVerne Sims, Louise James, Frank Rizzo, John Africa, David Shrager, ...»
Director:
Jason Osder
Country:
United States
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Brian Orndorf Blu-ray.com
November 07, 2013 Mesmerizing and provocative, Burn creates an unnerving atmosphere of troubling decisions on both sides of the conflict, permitting the viewer to understand the thought process that went into the explosive endgame.
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Ellen Gray Philadelphia Daily News
May 13, 2014 It's a remarkably evenhanded telling of a story in which there could be no winners, using archival footage alone.
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Colin Covert Minneapolis Star Tribune
June 13, 2014 Jason Osder's stunning debut documentary offers a disturbing look at a forgotten tragedy.
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Liam Lacey Globe and Mail
December 06, 2013 Brilliantly edited, the film moves back and forth in time, first tracking the events leading up to the confrontation through news reports of the day.
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Wesley Morris
December 10, 2013 It's scary as both a movie and a still-reverberating moment in time.
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Isaac Feldberg We Got This Covered
February 17, 2014 Let The Fire Burn is an incendiary documentary that uses archival footage to weave a compelling, all-important tale of tragedy bred from anger and misunderstanding.
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Neil Genzlinger New York Times
May 13, 2014 [Osder] cuts between news footage of the events as they unfurled and testimony from hearings held afterward to create a stark, nonjudgmental portrait of an incident that probably needn't have happened.
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Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune
June 13, 2014 Director Jason Osder's grieving account of the deadly police assault on the MOVE collective's fortified Philadelphia row house works small, continuous miracles with a variety of existing footage.
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Tom Long Detroit News
January 23, 2014 "Let the Fire Burn" offers a searing picture of how dumb and dangerous humans can be.
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Gerald Peary Arts Fuse
June 13, 2014 [This historic footage -- from newsreels, TV stations once-live coverage, from several investigating commissions -- has been edited, brilliantly into a coherent, important political film.
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