Let the Fire Burn

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benjamin b Fuck the Philadelphia Police. Solidarity with MOVE. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Tim G Mind-boggling to think this happened. A doc using only footage and no talking heads makes for an immersive experience. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/25/15 Full Review Audience Member 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 neednâ??t have happened â?? but was propelled by people on both sides who seemed uninterested in preventing it. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Disturbing and eye-opening footage masterfully pieced together for this outstanding documentary that takes no sides, but merely tells this gruesome story of American people. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member In what could have been a complete, forgive the pun, burn of one side or the other, Osder manages to show both the enraged extremism of MOVE and the callous negligence of Philadelphia officials as equally damning. When they announce to MOVE, holed up in their "bunker" on Osage St. "Attention MOVE, this is America," it sounds as if they are attacking as from one nation to another. Perhaps it should never have gotten that far, but it does highlight the current racial/social divide coming more and more to light across the U.S. that we all pretended wasn't there. Although the actions of the police, of city officials, of this person of that color, or that person of this color may not speak for all, their need to live the life they want without persecution or ruin does. If anything, stories like this allow us to take a step back and reflect that given enough time we end up becoming our own worst enemy when we need to be each others' keepers, if not friends. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member Predecessor to the botched raid and further nonsense in Waco TX which was only a few years after this, Let The Fire Burn uses solely archival footage to tell this 1985 story with wild candor, heart, and shocking immediacy. 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 inside, and the innocent neighboring houses burn down as well. The news cameras rolled during this whole incident, and later interviews are used as well to crushing effect. This is not an easy movie to experience, and yet it allows you to understand the human suffering on both sides of the controversy. You will also experience the aggravation, horror, and misunderstandings on all sides. A piercing, heart-felt take on a truly tragic set of circumstances. Don't miss this sobering testament. 5 out of 5 Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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