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Six Locked Doors: The Legacy of Cocoanut Grove

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Six Locked Doors explores the events leading up to the deadliest nightclub fire in American history on November 28, 1942, at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston, Massachusetts. With double the allowed occupants, locked doors, flammable materials, and other deadly conditions, the fire left 492 people dead. Through interviews with survivors who have never before spoken on camera and an extensive archive collection of photos, and unreleased footage the film explores how corruption, greed and a former gangster-run speakeasy led to an unimaginable tragedy.
Six Locked Doors: The Legacy of Cocoanut Grove

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Synopsis Six Locked Doors explores the events leading up to the deadliest nightclub fire in American history on November 28, 1942, at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston, Massachusetts. With double the allowed occupants, locked doors, flammable materials, and other deadly conditions, the fire left 492 people dead. Through interviews with survivors who have never before spoken on camera and an extensive archive collection of photos, and unreleased footage the film explores how corruption, greed and a former gangster-run speakeasy led to an unimaginable tragedy.
Director
Zachary W Graves-Miller
Producer
Michele Shapiro, Zachary W Graves-Miller
Screenwriter
Zachary W Graves-Miller, Paul R Miller
Genre
Documentary, History
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 10m