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What You Gonna Do When The World's On Fire?

2018

Roberto Minervini

Documentary, Self: Judy Hill, Dorothy Hill, Michael Nelson, Krystal Muhammad

6.4

138

Documentary. Drama "What You Gonna Do When The World’s On Fire" is the story of a community of black people in the American South during the summer 2017, when a string of brutal killings of black men sent shockwaves throughout the country.

	Author	Review
United States	Jay Weissberg Variety	"While always attractive, the look conveys a level of non-spontaneous construction that often takes away from the potency of hard, brutal reality."	NEU
United States	Ben Kenigsberg The New York Times	"To call it a portrait of collective resilience is accurate, but that description shortchanges its richness on both human and historical scales."	POS
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"Well-intentioned but uneven (...) This is in many ways a frustrating film, its commitment admirable but its execution chaotic."	NEU
United Kingdom	Lee Marshall Screendaily	"Shot with grace and sensitivity, 'What You Gonna Do' is a visual treat, the easiest on the eye of all the director’s films to date."	POS
United States	Ben Croll IndieWire	"The resulting work knows exactly where to look and what to ask, but never sticks around long enough to learn anything."	NEU
United Kingdom	Wendy Ide The Guardian	"Powerful social documentary (...) [Minervini] delves into the collective pain of the community (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Tomris Laffly rogerebert.com	"[At times] the tone Minervini strikes is simply intoxicating in the precise ideas and feelings it captures (...) [It] feels less like a complete piece (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
	Camillo de Marco Cineuropa	"An authentic and well-observed documentary (...) [It] offers moments of pure emotion"	POS

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