Describes the confrontation between Philadelphia Police and members of the MOVE organization on Mother's Day, 1985, which left 11 men, women and children members of MOVE dead and 61 homes destroyed by fire. The events are situated in the history of Blacks in Philadelphia, the MOVE organization, and the Cobbs Creek neighborhood. All this is explored through historical photographs, interviews and footage of the confrontation and its resulting hearings.
Louis Massiah
Director
Toni Cade Bambara
Writer
Directed by John Ford70%
Tricked: The Documentary61%
The Class of ‘9271%
Maternal Instinct72%
Sherman's March67%
A Plastic Ocean75%
Night Will Fall76%
Black Sheep72%
Nail Bomber: Manhunt65%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
Fuck64%
35 Up76%
Sidney70%
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story62%
My Mom Jayne80%
Elstree 197661%
ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke69%
Heart of a Dog65%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
28 Up75%
