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

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TitleWhat You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire?
User score

7.2

Release dateAug 16, 2019
GenreDocumentary
DirectorRoberto Minervini
Production countryFrance, Italy
Production companiesOkta Film, Shellac Sud, Pulpa Film, RAI Cinema, MYmovies
Run time123 min.

Summer 2017, a string of brutal police killings of young African American men has sent shockwaves throughout the country. A Black community in the American South tries to cope with the lingering effects of the past and navigate their place in a country that is not on their side. Meanwhile, the Black Panthers prepare a large-scale protest against police brutality.

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