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Title:

Let the fire burn / the Film Sales Company and the George Washington University School of Media & Public Affairs present ; directed and produced by Jason Osder.

Edition:

Widescreen.

Publisher:

Zeitgeist Films,

Copyright Date:

c2014

Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 95 minutes) : sound, color with black & white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

MOVE (Organization)
African Americans--Philadelphia.--Philadelphia.
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Race relations.
Public relations--Police--Philadelphia.--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Black nationalism--Philadelphia.--Philadelphia.
Black power--Philadelphia.--Philadelphia.
Documentary films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
DVD-Video discs.

Other Authors:

Osder, Jason, film producer. film producer.

Notes:

Documentary. Extras: Michael Ward interviews -- Director Q&A -- Theatrical trailer. Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 2013.

Summary:

Comprised of found footage and sound bites, Let the fire burn describes the conflict between the Black Power group MOVE and the people and city government of Philadelphia, culminating in the armed standoff of May 13, 1985, in which one police officer and eleven MOVE members were killed, ending when Philadelphia police dropped a bomb on the row house that served as MOVE headquarters.

UPC:

795975116039

Locations:

KJPF566 -- Fort Madison Public Library (Fort Madison)