
DECADE OF FIRE
NOW $20 FOR HIGH SCHOOLS!CURRICULUM NOW AVAILABLE! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED - Educational Media Reviews Online | AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY - Chicago Latino Film Festival | BEST DOCUMENTARY - Baltimore International Black Film Festival Urban Studies • Sociology • American Studies • Latinx Studies • African American Studies • American History Date of Completion: 2018 | Run Time: 75 minutes | Language: English & Spanish with English subtitles. Spanish subtitles available | Captions: Yes | Includes: Curriculum, Engagement Strategies Guide & Transcript | Directors: Vivian Vázquez Irizarry & Gretchen Hildebran | Producers: Vivian Vázquez Irizarry, Gretchen Hildebran, Julia Steele Allen & Neyda Martinez In the 1970s, the Bronx was on fire. Abandoned by the city government, nearly a half-million people were displaced as their close-knit, multi-ethnic neighborhood burned, reducing the community to rubble. While insidious government policies caused the devastat