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Let the Fire Burn

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Original title: Let the Fire Burn
Year: 2013
Running time: 95 min.
Country: United States
Director: Jason Osder
Cast: Documentary
Music: Chris Mangum
Producer: Jason Osder
Genre: Documentary | 1980s. Historical Documentaries
Synopsis: On May 13, 1985, Philadelphia police dropped two pounds of military explosives onto a city row house occupied by the radical group MOVE. The resulting fire was not fought for over an hour although firefighters were on the scene with water cannons in place. Five children and six adults were killed and sixty-one homes were destroyed by the six-alarm blaze, one of the largest in the city's history. This dramatic tragedy unfolds through an extraordinary visual record previously withheld from the public. It is a graphic illustration of how prejudice, intolerance and fear can lead to unthinkable acts of violence.

Awards: 2013: Tribeca Film Festival: Best Editing (Documentary)

2013: Gotham Awards: Nominated for Best Documentary

2013: Independent Spirit Awards: Truer Than Fiction Award

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Let the Fire Burn

2013

Jason Osder

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