DECADE OF FIRE Film screening Oct 2nd

Dates
Wed, Oct 02, 2019 - 06:30 PM — Wed, Oct 02, 2019 - 09:00 PM
Admission Fee
free
Event Address
City College of New York
Phone Number
212 947-9277
Event Location
Shepard Hall Room 290/291
Event Details

In the 1970s, the Bronx was on fire. Left unprotected by the city government, nearly a half-million people were displaced as their close-knit, multiethnic neighborhood burned, reducing the community to rubble. While insidious government policies caused the devastation, Black and Latino residents bore the blame.

Join us in screening this documentary that uncovers the hidden truth. Decade of Fire offers the emergence of a new narrative for the South Bronx and places like it across the nation. Co-directors Bronx native Vivian Vázquez Irizarry and Gretchen Hildebran will speak with the film.

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Presented by the Documentary Forum at CCNY, the Black Studies Program at CCNY, Third World Newsreel and Black Public Media.

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