someone (perhaps Spike Lee or the next "Spike Lee"?) should make a movie about Philadelphia police bombing the MOVE house in '85 & killing 11 people, including children (of course the movie should show how things got to that point & the aftermath, some background can be found in this Wikipedia article). regardless of what MOVE members may have done to get the police & the local government to act against them (which do not include military style lethal assaults on people by MOVE members, as far as I know), getting shot at & bombed & killed by government employees that citizens pay to protect & serve the community must have sucked majorly. here is the link to an '05 USA TODAY article on the matter, 20 years later. here is a segment from the article: "Twenty years ago this Friday, city police dropped a bomb on this block and let it burn. Five children and six adults, members of a small radical collective called MOVE, died; 61 homes in a middle-class neighborhood were destroyed. As the nation watched, Philadelphia became the city that bombed its own people."
Crazy comedy about a true life story - BitterSweet discussion - Steven Martini, Gabriela Kulaif, William Baldwin starring - movie opens in 3 LA area theaters on 6/10 week!
All info on LA area screenings here - https://www.laemmle.com/film/bittersweet - starts on 6/10! * Winner of Best Director for Steven Martini and Best Supporting Actor for Billy Baldwin at Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema. Winner best Producer for Gabriela Kulaif at Los Angeles Independent Women Film Festival. * * Trailer * * Discussing the movie with Chicago film critic Ian Simmons and NYC indie filmmaker Sujewa Ekanayake * All info on LA area screenings here - https://www.laemmle.com/film/bittersweet - starts on 6/10!
