What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire?
Aug 16, 2019 | IMDB 7.2
123 min Watch NowDocumentary
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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