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

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)

Trailer

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