Man on fire /

"Grand Saline, Texas has a history of racism - a history the community doesn't talk about. This shroud of secrecy ended when Charles Moore, an elderly white preacher, self-immolated to protest the town's racism in 2014, shining a spotlight on the town's dark past. MAN ON FIRE unt...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Man on fire (Motion picture : 2018)
Other Authors:	Fendelman, Joel (director of photography,), Talmi, Gil, 1968- (composer (expression)), Kuntz, Caleb (director of photography.), Blanton, Ron (Actor)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Published:	[United States] : Man On Fire Productions, 2018.
Subjects:	Moore, Charles, > 1934-2014 > Death and burial. Racism > Texas > Grand Saline. Grand Saline (Tex.) > Race relations. African Americans > Texas > Grand Saline > History. African Americans > Texas > Grand Saline > Social conditions. Self-immolation > Case studies. Documentary films. Social problem films. Nonfiction films. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Internet videos.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Kanopy)

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Summary:	"Grand Saline, Texas has a history of racism - a history the community doesn't talk about. This shroud of secrecy ended when Charles Moore, an elderly white preacher, self-immolated to protest the town's racism in 2014, shining a spotlight on the town's dark past. MAN ON FIRE untangles the pieces of this protest and questions racism in Grand Saline today."
Item Description:	".produced by Man On Fire Productions, LLC"--End credits. Parallel title from Spanish closed captions. Includes transcript in English.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 video file (53 min., 29 sec.)) : sound, color
Awards:	Sidewalk Film Festival (2018, Best Documentary Feature), International Documentary Association (2017, Winner of Student Documentary Award).
Production Credits:	Original music by Gil Talmi ; cinematography, Caleb Kuntz ; production design, Joseph Bowman ; producer [recreations unit], Sullivan Rauzi.