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For folks in the DC area, there is a free showing of “Let the Fire Burn” on Thursday evening. It’s about the incident in Philadelphia in 1985 in which the police bombed a house where members of a radical African American organization called MOVE were living. The film consists entirely of news reports about the incident during the time it occurred. It is one of the most powerful documentaries I’ve ever seen. * LET THE FIRE BURN * With Award-Winning Director Jason Osder, Assistant Professor of Media and Public Affairs, The George Washington University “In the astonishingly gripping Let the Fire Burn, director Jason Osder has crafted that rarest of cinematic objects: a found-footage film that unfurls with the tension of a great thriller. On May 13, 1985, a longtime feud between the city of Philadelphia and controversial radical urban group MOVE came to a deadly climax. By order of local authorities, police dropped military-grade explosives onto a MOVE-occupied rowhouse. TV cameras captured the conflagration that quickly escalated-and resulted in the tragic deaths of eleven people (including five children) and the destruction of 61 homes. It was only later discovered that authorities decided to ...let the fire burn. Using only archival news coverage and interviews, first-time filmmaker Osder has brought to life one of the most tumultuous and largely forgotten clashes between government and citizens in modern American history.” September 25th, 7:00–9:00 PM, Jack Morton Auditorium 805 21st Street Free and Open to the Public Q&A Following Viewing Sponsored by the Africana Studies Program Film Trailer: https://youtube/watch?v=-v5ZXAxTGHg
Posted on: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 15:10:27 +0000

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