As the director of his feature film debut, Jason Osder provides an unbiased and complete account of the events leading up to and occurring during the 1985 standoff between members of the extremist African-American organization MOVE and Philadelphia police. The spectacular clash cost the lives of eleven people and ruined an entire town, both physically and figuratively. "Let the Fire Burn" is a true-life Wild West narrative in which the heroes aren't distinguished by their hats, as is customary in Hollywood.
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As the director of his feature film debut, Jason Osder provides an unbiased and complete account of the events leading up to and occurring during the 1985 standoff between members of the extremist African-American organization MOVE and Philadelphia police. The spectacular clash cost the lives of eleven people and ruined an entire town, both physically and figuratively. "Let the Fire Burn" is a true-life Wild West narrative in which the heroes aren't distinguished by their hats, as is customary in Hollywood.
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