Let the fire burn film

A history of the conflict of the city of philadelphia and the black liberation organization, move, that led to the disastrously violent final confrontation in 1985. Let the fire burn frames the context and tells the story of this catastrophic event using contemporary film footage. So says a woman from the west philadelphia neighborhood under assault in let the fire burn, a sorrowful, enraging documentary composed solely of archival footage surrounding the 1985 confrontation between the citys cops and the africanamerican radical community move. Let the fire burn official trailer 1 20 documentary. Oct 27, 2018 let the fire burn premiered 29 april hot docs festival, toronto, canada and runs 95 minutes. Let the fire burn implies that the 1985 incident may have been payback for a 1978 standoff, in which a police officer was shot and killed. Apr 08, 2019 let the fire burn frames the context and tells the story of this catastrophic event using contemporary film footage. Supported in part by the sundance institute, let the fire burn premiered at the tribeca film festival where it won the best editing in a documentary award show more and a jury special mention for best new documentary director. May 12, 2014 let the fire burn is composed entirely with archival footage yet unfurls with the tension of a thriller.

The film uses only archival footage, ranging from news reports, to previous documentaries, to the hearings held in the wake of the disaster. Let the fire burn film let the fire burn let the fire burn album is not an article, its a redirect to a simple list only stating the name of the album. Let the fire burn documentary jason osders riveting documentary chronicles the escalating confrontations between the philadelphia police and the radical group move. Let the fire burn philadelphia police clash with move. Let the fire burn, new film by director jason osder documenting may, 1985 bombing of the move home and family by the city of philadelphia. Oct 25, 20 osders premiere of let the fire burn was absolutely riveting. The film will be followed by a group discussion moderated by ulysses slaughter. Jason osders documentary recounts the steps that led to a horrific tragedy on may. Let the fire burn premiered 29 april hot docs festival, toronto, canada and runs 95 minutes. Jason osders documentary recounts the steps that led to a horrific tragedy on may, 1985, when a longtime feud between the city of philadelphia and the controversial radical urban group move came to a. It was made with support from the george washington university, where osder is an assistant professor. As let the fire burn makes clear, whereas move members were imprisoned and killed for their misdeeds over the years, no one who ordered or. It was supposed to premiere during the full frame film festival in april, but had to postpone its durham debut until full frames third friday free film series. On may, 1985, a longtime feud between the city of philadelphia and controversial radical.

Let the fire burn a film by jason osder a zeitgeist. Jason osder looks at one sad case study in let the fire burn, gathering archival footage dealing with a 1985 episode in philadelphia that killed eleven people and burned 61 homes to the ground. A superior example of the foundfootage documentary, now back in vogue, let the fire burn outshines the lackluster likes of our nixon by combining the deathtrip of a senna with the radical history of black power mixtape. On friday, september 20 th 20, the full frame theatre in durham, nc hosted the premiere of a film called let the fire burn by filmmaker and director, jason osder. Let the fire burn is an incendiary documentary that uses archival footage to weave a compelling, allimportant tale of tragedy bred from anger and misunderstanding. Pauline thompson and ulysses slaughter will cofacilitate group discussions at various segments of the film. Jason osders riveting documentary chronicles the escalating confrontations between the philadelphia police. Let the fire burn is now available on dvd, amazon instant, and itunes. Let the fire burn is a 20 documentary film about the events leading up to and surrounding a 1985 standoff between the black liberation group move and the.

Philadelphia move bombing let the fire burn full youtube. Supported in part by the sundance institute, let the fire burn premiered at the tribeca film festival where it won the best editing in a documentary award. In april 2002, an irish film crew is making a documentary about venezuelan president hugo chavez, when a coup from the opposition is made. Newhall under construction newhall under construction. Let the fire burn compiles found video to offer a riveting chronicle of the radical group move and the philadelphia polices catastrophic siege of its headquarters in 1985. The fire gets out of control and 11 people died and 60 homes were destroyed. Let the fire burn is a 20 documentary about the roughly decadelong confrontation between the city of philadelphia and the radical group move, which culminated in the death of all but four of moves members. Nels bangerter in the astonishingly gripping let the fire burn, director jason osder has crafted that rarest of cinematic objects. In the gripping let the fire burn, director jason osder has crafted a foundfootage documentary that unfurls with the tension of a great thriller centering on the tragic 1985 confrontation between philadelphia police and the radical group move. In a controversial decision, the police made the decision to let the fire burn, resulting in the destruction of over 60 homes and the death of five children and six adults. Let the fire burn official trailer 1 20 documentary hd on may, 1985, philadelphia police dropped two pounds of military explosives onto a city row house occupied by the radical group move. Let the fire burn on may, 1985, philadelphia police dropped two pounds of military explosives onto a city row house occupied by the radical group move. This heinous bombing killed 11 people all move members, completely destroyed 61 homes, and left 250 persons homeless. Sep 30, 20 so says a woman from the west philadelphia neighborhood under assault in let the fire burn, a sorrowful, enraging documentary composed solely of archival footage surrounding the 1985 confrontation between the citys cops and the africanamerican radical community move.

In the new documentary let the fire burn, a 20 tribeca film festival debut currently playing at new york citys film forum, jason osder culls archival footage. This dramatic tragedy unfolds through an extraordinary visual record previously withheld from the public. Let the fire burn is an english movie directed by jason osder released in the year 20. Let the fire burn official trailer 1 20 documentary hd.

It world premiered in the world documentary competition at the 20 tribeca film festival, where it won best editing in documentary and a special jury prize for best new filmmaker. Prior to the films core storyline of the 1985 bombing, let the fire burn details the philadelphia police departments 1978 raid on moves powelton village home in west philadelphia. Jason osders documentary recounts the steps that led to a horrific tragedy on may, 1985, when a longtime feud between the city of philadelphia and the controversial radical urban group move came to a deadly climax. The police commissioner gave an order to let the fire burn so that the bunker on top of the building could be destroyed. The film went on to play more than 50 film festivals around the world and be nominated for over a dozen awards. It opened theatrically at the film forum on wednesday, october 2, 20, through zeitgeist films. Let the fire burn relives 1985 siege of the move group. Jason osders let the fire burn 20 transports us back to philadelphia in 1985, when police officers surrounded and dropped explosives on 6221 osage avenue, killing 11 people and destroying more than five dozen evacuated homes.

Let the fire burn is a 20 documentary film about the events leading up to and surrounding a 1985 standoff between the black liberation group move and the philadelphia police department. On may 1985, philadelphia police bombed the move compound, killing 11 people, including five children, and destroying an entire neighbourhood which left more than 250 people homeless. A fire soon began to blaze, endangering the several children now trapped inside the house. With birdie africa, ramona africa, wilson goode, william brown iii. It also shares the story of the move 9, members of the organization who have currently been. The film paints a damning picture of racialreligious intolerance. Let the fire burn 20 letterboxd social film discovery. Let the fire burn, jason osders powerful debut documentary, opens with period footage of a softspoken boy with two names. On may, 1985, a longtime feud between the city of philadelphia and controversial radical urban group move came to a. Survey feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a. The resulting fire was not fought for over an hour although firefighters were on the scene with water cannons in place. Here let the fire burn cuts to tv reports of the ordeal this boy survived, which is to say, shots of fire raging at 6221 osage avenue, the rowhouse occupied by the move organization and assaulted. Oct 02, 20 let the fire burn compiles found video to offer a riveting chronicle of the radical group move and the philadelphia polices catastrophic siege of its headquarters in 1985. Let the fire burn jason osders riveting documentary chronicles the escalating confrontations between the philadelphia police and the radical group move.

In the astonishingly gripping let the fire burn, director jason osder has crafted that rarest of cinematic objects a foundfootage film that unfurls with the tension of a great thriller. On may, 1985, a longtime feud between the city of philadelphia and controversial black power group move came to a deadly climax. The film is directed and produced by jason osder and was released by zeitgeist films in october 20. Their target was the headquarters of move, a liberation group that, in just over a decade, had morphed from an antitechnology back to nature body to a radical. Birdie africa, ramona africa, william brown iii, wilson goode. Let the fire burn 20 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Still, let the fire burn remains remarkably balanced throughout, making no attempt to lessen or overdramatize either the cops racism or the stubbornly closedoff language of moves tautological rhetoric. Monica film center santa monica monica film center santa monica. That makes the film article the primary topic per wp. Nov 18, 20 let the fire burn, jason osders foundfootage doc about a violent standoff between philadelphia police and a black activist group called move in the 1980s, has emerged as one of the year. Dec 05, 20 as let the fire burn makes clear, whereas move members were imprisoned and killed for their misdeeds over the years, no one who ordered or condoned the bombing in 1985 was ever held to account. On may, 1985, a longtime feud between the city of philadelphia and controversial radical urban. It offers no easy answers about how to move forward.

Let the fire burn is a reallife wild west story absent the luxury of identifying its heroes by the color of their hats. In the astonishingly gripping let the fire burn, director jason osder has crafted that rarest of cinematic objects. In the gripping let the fire burn, director jason osder has crafted a found footage. Let the fire burn, by jason osder, mines the archival record to examine the tragic move bombing of 1985. Oct 11, 20 in the new documentary let the fire burn, a 20 tribeca film festival debut currently playing at new york citys film forum, jason osder culls archival footage local news broadcasts, home. Let the fire burn director on traumatizing audiences. By order of local authorities, police dropped militarygrade explosives.

Defending let the fire burn, or how not to discuss a. Let the fire burn letterboxd social film discovery. Let the fire burn philadelphia police clash with move group. But the movie, without a narrator, never tells the viewer what to think. On may, 1985, a longtime feud between the city of philadelphia and the black liberation organization, move came to a deadly climax. A longstoking, deadly afterburn of the neorevolutionary violence that. On may, 1985, a longtime feud between the city of philadelphia and controversial radical urban group move came to a deadly climax. Let the fire burn is composed entirely with archival footage yet unfurls with the tension of a thriller. Jason osder s documentary recounts the steps that led to a horrific tragedy.