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Let the Fire Burn
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Williamsburg, NY
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Let the Fire Burn
Dir. Jason Osder | 88min | Doc | 2013 | US

Stars: Birdie Africa, John Africa, Ramona Africa

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

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285 Kent Avenue
Williamsburg, NY 11249
United States

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