Events

Feb 15

Let The Fire Burn

From site: Film Society

A groundbreaking documentary about the 1985 confrontation between the Philadelphia Police Department and the black liberation group MOVE.

Saturday, February 15th, 2014
4:30 – 6:05 pm / Weitz Cinema
Composed entirely of archival footage, the film charts the events leading up to and surrounding the 1985 confrontation between the Philadelphia Police Department and the black liberation group MOVE that culminated in the police firebombing the group's building and ordering firefighters to stand down, resulting in the death of five children and six adults and the destruction of three city blocks worth of homes.

Sponsored by Film Society. Contact: Linwood M. Kaine