| Description |
1 videodisc (95 minutes) : sound, color with black & white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
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NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
| System Details |
DVD, NTSC, Region 1, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; stereo, 5.1 surround. |
| Language |
English dialogue with optional English SDH subtitles. |
| Credits |
Editor, Nels Bangerter ; original music, Christopher Mangum. |
| Note |
Documentary. |
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Extras: Michael Ward interviews -- Director Q&A -- Theatrical trailer. |
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Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 2013. |
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GMD: videorecording |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
WHPLDVD, WHPLEDVD, ENFDDVD |
| Subject |
MOVE (Organization)
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African Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Race relations.
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Police-community relations -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
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Black nationalism -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
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Black power -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Feature films.
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Feature films -- United States.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Osder, Jason, film director, film producer.
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Mangum, Christopher, 1968- composer (expression)
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Ward, Michael Moses, 1971-2013, interviewee (expression)
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George Washington University. School of Media and Public Affairs, production company.
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Sundance Institute, contributor.
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Film Sales Company, film distributor.
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Zeitgeist Films, publisher.
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| Standard No. |
795975116039 |
| Music No. |
Z1160 Zeitgeist Films |
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