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Born in Flames is a 1983 American dystopian docufiction drama film directed, produced and co-written by radical intersectional feminist Lizzie Borden that explores racism, classism, sexism and heterosexism in an alternate socialist democratic United States.
Apr 1, 1983 · A 1983 film set in a dystopian New York City where a socialist government faces progressive challenges from various groups, especially women. The film follows a radio DJ who sparks a rebellion after being arrested and killed by the authorities.
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- Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
- Lizzie Borden
- 1983-04-01
Jul 3, 2021 · Born in Flames was made by pioneering underground filmmaker Lizzie Borden. She vanished from screens for decades, and now her work is being rediscovered.
- 1 min
- Neda Ulaby
In near-future New York, ten years after the “social-democratic war of liberation,” diverse groups of women organize a feminist uprising as equality remains unfulfilled.
Born in Flames is a probing, feminist piece of guerrilla filmmaking that depicts an alternate America under social democracy and the female revolution that erupts from the myriad and pervading forms of continued oppression women experience under this gaslighting and deleterious government.
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- Lizzie Borden
A postpunk fantasy of female rebellion set in a social-democratic America after a revolution. Watch the 1983 film that rocked the underground and inspired feminist futurism.
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BORN IN FLAMES. Directed by. Lizzie Borden. United States, 1983. Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, LGBTQ+, Sci-Fi. 80. Synopsis. In near-future New York, 10 years after the “social-democratic war of liberation,” diverse groups of women organize a feminist uprising as equality remains unfulfilled.
