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Decade of Fire’s purpose is to make known how those in the Bronx must continue to fight even today against forces hellbent on their erasure.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
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It tells a lot of great stories and illuminates a city-wide tragedy, but given all the heartbreaking and enraging stories within, one wishes Decade Of Fire could emotionally sear and rage just as well as it educates.
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The New York Times by Ben Kenigsberg
Decade of Fire is at its best when showing how the fires affected individuals effectively left to fend for themselves.
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The Hollywood Reporter by John DeFore
Irizarry sees locals who survived these challenges acquiring new layers of toughness and pride, increasingly ready to fight for their communities.
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RogerEbert.com by Matt Zoller Seitz
More than anything else, though, Decade of Fire succeeds as one of the best explanations in recent cinema of what the phrase "systemic racism" means.