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What You Gonna Do When the World's On Fire? traces the aftershocks of race-motivated violence in thoughtful, impressionistic fashion.
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Release date: Aug 16, 2019
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In the film, shot with elegiac finality in black and white, Minervini makes subtle communitarian and intergenerational connections between the stories. Oct 17, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
In the film, shot with elegiac finality in black and white, Minervini makes subtle communitarian and intergenerational connections between the stories.
Phil Hoad
A wake-up call to the cold, hard reality of racism. Oct 16, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
A wake-up call to the cold, hard reality of racism.
Manuela Lazic
In answering the call, the film proposes that only concrete actions make a dent in apathy. Sep 5, 2019 | Full Review…
In answering the call, the film proposes that only concrete actions make a dent in apathy.
Carlos Aguilar
The charisma of Minervini's subjects is powerful enough to cut through the ethnographic vibe... Aug 29, 2019 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
The charisma of Minervini's subjects is powerful enough to cut through the ethnographic vibe...
Ben Sachs
A rightfully fuming and attentive cinematic meditation that follows the delicate lives of a number of mostly black men and women in the American South. Aug 16, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
A rightfully fuming and attentive cinematic meditation that follows the delicate lives of a number of mostly black men and women in the American South.
Tomris Laffly
It's the most unproductive type of sociopolitical film, especially in today's climate, in that it aims to incite but not to motivate. Aug 15, 2019 | Full Review…
It's the most unproductive type of sociopolitical film, especially in today's climate, in that it aims to incite but not to motivate.
Candice Frederick
There is no one out there quite like Minervini, who hopefully one day will be looked back on as one of, if not the most, important documentarians of the decade, and What You Gonna Do is a stunning example of this importance. Dec 13, 2019 | Full Review…
There is no one out there quite like Minervini, who hopefully one day will be looked back on as one of, if not the most, important documentarians of the decade, and What You Gonna Do is a stunning example of this importance.
Alex Lei
World's on Fire never manages to bring the different elements of the narrative together. It's neither truly immersive nor is it able to establish a critical distance from its subjects Nov 15, 2019 | Rating: 6 | Full Review…
World's on Fire never manages to bring the different elements of the narrative together. It's neither truly immersive nor is it able to establish a critical distance from its subjects
Gilbert Adair
Beauty and chaos collide in this documentary by Roberto Minervini. Oct 20, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Beauty and chaos collide in this documentary by Roberto Minervini.
Wendy Ide
The title asks a pertinent and provocative question, which the film answers with intimate footage that acts as compelling testament to the power of the human spirit. Oct 14, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
The title asks a pertinent and provocative question, which the film answers with intimate footage that acts as compelling testament to the power of the human spirit.
Katherine McLaughlin
Never once does his camera feel manipulative or judgemental, instead turning what could be your typical message documentary into one whose existence feels utterly essential Sep 11, 2019 | Full Review…
Never once does his camera feel manipulative or judgemental, instead turning what could be your typical message documentary into one whose existence feels utterly essential
Joshua Brunsting
A ambitious piece of documentary filmmaking...What we are left with is chaos but maybe that is what the filmmaker wants us to feel the chaos of that world. Sep 11, 2019 | Full Review…
A ambitious piece of documentary filmmaking...What we are left with is chaos but maybe that is what the filmmaker wants us to feel the chaos of that world.
Rosalynn Try-Hane
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