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

What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire? poster
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
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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.

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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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