Let the Fire Burn
Documentary
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2013
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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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Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
95 min
Release date:
2 Oct 2013
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
6 wins & 12 nominations
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
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.
– Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Jun 2014
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Jason Osder's stunning debut documentary offers a disturbing look at a forgotten tragedy.
– Colin Covert,
Minneapolis Star Tribune,
13 Jun 2014
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[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.
– Neil Genzlinger,
New York Times,
13 May 2014
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"Let the Fire Burn" offers a searing picture of how dumb and dangerous humans can be.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
23 Jan 2014
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It's scary as both a movie and a still-reverberating moment in time.
– Wesley Morris,
Grantland,
10 Dec 2013