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What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire?
What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire?
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WHAT YOU GONNA DO WHEN THE WORLD'S ON FIRE?

Directed by Roberto Minervini
Italy, United States, 2018
Documentary

Synopsis

What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire? is the story of a community of black people in the American South during the summer 2017, when a string of brutal killings of black men sent shockwaves throughout the country.

Synopsis

What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire? is the story of a community of black people in the American South during the summer 2017, when a string of brutal killings of black men sent shockwaves throughout the country.

Our take

From Texas to the swamps of Louisiana, Roberto Minervini has made his name as a formally adventurous chronicler of the forgotten communities of the U.S. South. Powerfully intimate and sociopolitically urgent, this New Orleans-set documentary is a striking portrait of community and racism in America.