1985年5月13日,美国费城的警察向激进组织"MOVE"所占据的楼排屋扔置了2磅的军用爆炸物。引发的大火燃烧了至少1个小时,即使费城消防队及时到达现场,水枪也都准备齐备。等级6级的大火烧毁了61个居室,是费城历史上最大的一次。通过解密的未公开现场视频记录重现了这场触目惊心的灾难。纪录片以图像视频方式向公众展现了偏见, 没耐心,不能容忍,害怕等 能引发难以想象的暴力行为。
On May 13, 1985, Philadelphia police dropped two pounds of military explosives onto a city row house occupied by the radical group MOVE. The resulting fire was not fought for over an hour although firefighters were on the scene with water cannons in place. Five children and six adults were killed and sixty-one homes were destroyed by the six-alarm blaze, one of the largest in the city's history. This dramatic tragedy unfolds through an extraordinary visual record previously withheld from the public. It is a graphic illustration of how prejudice, intolerance and fear can lead to unthinkable acts of violence.
《让烈火燃烧》的别名有:州官放火。