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Decade of fire /

In the 1970s, the Bronx was on fire. Abandoned by city government, nearly a half-million people were displaced as their close-knit, multi-ethnic neighborhood burned, reducing the community to rubble. While insidious government policies caused the devastation, Black and Puerto Rican residents bore th...

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Other Authors: Vázquez Irizarry, Vivian (Film director, Film producer, Screenwriter, Filmmaker), Hildebran, Gretchen (Film director, Film producer, Screenwriter, Filmmaker, Film editor), Steele Allen, Julia (Film producer, Filmmaker), Martinez, Neyda (Film producer), Martinez, Edwin (director of photography.), Ortiz, Arturo (Pianist) (composer (expression)), González-Martínez, Sonia (Editor of moving image work), Falk, Penelope (Editor of moving image work), Rosado, Carmen (Onscreen participant), Fox, Hetty, 1937- (Onscreen participant), Foster, Robert (Onscreen participant), Rueda, Ramón (Onscreen participant), Amadeo, Mike (Onscreen participant), O'Hagan, John T. (Onscreen participant), Reagan, Ronald (Onscreen participant)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: [Los Angeles] : Good Docs, [2018]
Subjects:
Bronx (New York, N.Y.) > History > 20th century.
Fires > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Puerto Ricans > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Fires.
Puerto Ricans.
New York (State) > New York.
New York (State) > New York > Bronx.
1900-1999
Historical films.
Feature films.
Documentary films.
History.
Nonfiction films.
New York (State) > Bronx County.
Summary:In the 1970s, the Bronx was on fire. Abandoned by city government, nearly a half-million people were displaced as their close-knit, multi-ethnic neighborhood burned, reducing the community to rubble. While insidious government policies caused the devastation, Black and Puerto Rican residents bore the blame. In this story of hope and resistance, Bronx-born Vivian Vázquez Irizarry exposes the truth about the borough's untold history and reveals how her embattled and maligned community chose to resist, remain and rebuild. DECADE OF FIRE tells the story of the South Bronx that you've never heard before, and offers us a roadmap for building the American communities we want and truly deserve.

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