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Let the Fire Burn is a 2013 documentary film about the events leading up to and surrounding a 1985 stand-off between the black liberation group MOVE and the Philadelphia Police Department. The film is directed and produced by Jason Osder and was released by Zeitgeist Films in October 2013.
Sep 21, 2023 · "Let the Fire Burn" recounts the deadly 1985 standoff between Philadelphia police and the Black activist group MOVE, which resulted in a helicopter dropping a bomb on the compound as city officials stood by.
- 93 min
- 166
- Eric Bray573
Watch the film that recounts the steps that led to a horrific tragedy on May 13, 1985, when a longtime feud between the city of Philadelphia and the controversial radical urban group MOVE came to a deadly climax. Using only archival news coverage and interviews, the film unfolds with the tension of a thriller and reveals the forgotten clash between government and citizens in modern American history.
Oct 2, 2013 · Let the Fire Burn: Directed by Jason Osder. With Birdie Africa, Ramona Africa, Wilson Goode, William Brown III. A history of the conflict of the City of Philadelphia and the Black Liberation organization, MOVE, that led to the disastrously violent final confrontation in 1985.
- (1.5K)
- Documentary, History
- Jason Osder
- 2013-10-02
Sep 20, 2013 · Stunning, infuriating, amazingly emotional - the police commissioner and mayor decided to bomb a verbally hostile group camped out in a housing development and then let it burn with people...
- (47)
- Drama, Mystery & Thriller
- Jason Osder
Jun 25, 2013 · In Let the Fire Burn, a new film showing at the AFI Docs festival, director Jason Osder chronicles the years of tension between police, MOVE and neighbors...
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Nov 6, 2023 · Directed by Jason Osder. Director Jason Osder crafts the rarest of cinematic objects: a found-footage film that unfurls with the tension of a great thriller. On May 13, 1985, a longtime feud between the city of Philadelphia and the Black liberation group MOVE came to a deadly climax.
