What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire? (2018)

Directed by

Roberto Minervini

Genre

documentary film

Country

France, Italy, United States

Runtime

2h 03m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows Black communities in New Orleans after the 2017 racially motivated killings. It shows their daily lives and how they cope with ongoing racial tensions.

observationalintimatesomberslow-pacedgroundedunflinchingquietly urgent

What happens

What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire? is a 2018 documentary film written and directed by Roberto Minervini, in his third documentary about the marginalized population of the Southern United States. It chronicles the lives of the Black American communities in New Orleans, shortly after the racially motivated killings in 2017. The film had its world premiere at the main competition of the 75th Venice International Film Festival on 2 September 2018, where it was nominated for the Golden Lion. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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