Let the Fire Burn

Name: Let the Fire Burn
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2013-10-02
Duration: 95 min
Cast: John Africa, Birdie Africa, Ramona Africa

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10/2/2013

Runtime

95 mins

Genres

Documentary

Overview

Jason Osder delivers an account of the incidents leading up to and during the 1985 standoff between the extremist African-American organization MOVE and Philadelphia authorities. The dramatic clash would claim eleven lives and devastate an entire community.

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Original Language

English

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A meticulous archival reconstruction of a catastrophic collision between an activist community and institutional authority, building toward inevitable tragedy with mounting dread. Osder pieces together contemporary footage and testimony to reveal systemic failure and the human cost of extremism on both sides.