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Title Let the fire burn [DVD videorecording] / School of Media & Public Affairs, the George Washington University ; Sundance Institute ; the Film Sales Company ; directed and produced by Jason Osder.
Publication Info. [New York] : Zeitgeist Films, [2014]
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Description 1 videodisc (95 minutes) : sound, color with black & white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details DVD, NTSC, Region 1, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; stereo, 5.1 surround.
Note Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Performer With Michael Moses Ward, Delbert Africa, Louise James, LaVerne Sims, Ramona Africa, James Berghaier.
Credits Editor, Nels Bangerter ; original music, Christopher Mangum.
Note Documentary.
Extras: Michael Ward interviews -- Director Q&A -- Theatrical trailer.
Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 2013.
Summary Comprised of found footage and sound bites, Let the fire burn describes the conflict between the Black Power group MOVE and the people and city government of Philadelphia, culminating in the armed standoff of May 13, 1985, in which one police officer and eleven MOVE members were killed, ending when Philadelphia police dropped a bomb on the row house that served as MOVE headquarters.
Audience MPAA rating: Not rated.
Awards 2013 Tribeca Film Festival: Best Editing in a Documentary; 2013 IDA Awards, Best Editor; 2014 Independent Spirit Awards, Truer than Fiction Award.
Contents Extra features: Michael Ward interviews -- Director Q&A -- Theatrical trailer.
Subject MOVE (Organization)
African Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Race relations.
Police-community relations -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Black nationalism -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Black power -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre Documentary films.
Feature films.
Nonfiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films -- United States.
Added Author Osder, Jason, film director, film producer.
Mangum, Christopher, 1968- composer (expression)
Ward, Michael Moses, 1971-2013, interviewee (expression)
George Washington University. School of Media and Public Affairs, production company.
Sundance Institute, contributor.
Film Sales Company, film distributor.
Zeitgeist Films, publisher.
ISBN 795975116039
Standard No. 795975116039 : $29.99
Music # Z1160 Zeitgeist Films
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