Decade of Fire

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Decade of Fire

Released May 3, 2019

1h 16m

Documentary

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Drama

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Filmmakers Gretchen Hildebran and Vivian Vásquez chronicle a series of South Bronx fires that raged throughout the 1970s.

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Matt Zoller Seitz

RogerEbert.com

The movie is as much a reclamation or restoration project as an expose.

Rated: 3.5/4

Jul 14, 2020

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John DeFore

The Hollywood Reporter

Though many popular explanations for the Bronx's 1970s suffering were long ago understood to be racist nonsense, the heartfelt film represents a self-portrait of those lies' impact.

May 2, 2019

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Ben Kenigsberg

New York Times

This is a filmmaker with skin in the game, close to the flames.

May 2, 2019

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Luke Parker

VoiceBoxOffice

A restorative history lesson and a necessary counterpoint to years of cover-ups and unjust finger pointing.

Rated: 4/5

Jul 25, 2020

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Carla Hay

Culture Mix

[Decade of Fire] serves as a warning that what happened in the Bronx in the 1970s could happen to other similar at-risk communities.

Jul 11, 2020

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Manuel Betancourt

Remezcla

The triumph of Decade of Fire is that among its very didactic moments where such sociohistorical issues are explained in lucid ways is a very personal story.

Oct 29, 2019

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Well made, proto historic account of the Bronx fires that covered a decade. A story told by people and for the people who lived it to tell it!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Filmmakers Gretchen Hildebran and Vivian Vásquez chronicle a series of South Bronx fires that raged throughout the 1970s.

Director: Gretchen Hildebran, Vivian Vazquez
Producer: Gretchen Hildebran, Vivian Vazquez, Julia Steele Allen, Neyda Martinez
Screenwriter: Gretchen Hildebran, Vivian Vazquez
Genre: Documentary, History, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 3, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 14, 2020
Runtime: 1h 16m

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