Born in Flames (1983)
- Directed by
- Lizzie Borden
- Genre
- science fiction film, LGBTQ-related film, dystopian film, arthouse science fiction film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.1 of 10 from 82 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In an alternate socialist United States, a group of women from different backgrounds organize and clash over how to achieve true liberation. The film follows activists, journalists, and artists as they navigate a society that still has deep inequalities despite political change.
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What happens
Born in Flames is a 1983 American utopian/dystopian docufiction drama film directed, produced and co-written by radical intersectional feminist Lizzie Borden. The film explores racism, classism, sexism and heterosexism in an alternate socialist democratic United States. The title comes from the Red Krayola song "Born in Flames" released in 1980, which was inspired by a 1929 Soviet silent film of the same name. The song appears in the film and was written by frontman Mayo Thompson with the conceptual art group Art & Language. In the decennial critics' poll published by the British Film Institute's magazine Sight and Sound in 2022, Born in Flames was ranked joint 243rd, tied for that ranking with 21 other films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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