{"id":4462,"date":"2007-10-04T09:42:13","date_gmt":"2007-10-04T16:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4462"},"modified":"2021-01-12T10:12:42","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T17:12:42","slug":"born-in-flames-1983","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4462","title":{"rendered":"Born in Flames (1983)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;How do you get it together unless you come together?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Born-in-Flames-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Born-in-Flames-Poster-229x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-62963\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Born-in-Flames-Poster-229x300.png 229w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Born-in-Flames-Poster-782x1024.png 782w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Born-in-Flames-Poster-98x128.png 98w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Born-in-Flames-Poster-768x1005.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Born-in-Flames-Poster-206x270.png 206w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Born-in-Flames-Poster.png 919w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nTen years after a peaceful socialist revolution has taken place in the United States, women have still not achieved true equality. When a young black lesbian (Jean Satterfield) who has been agitating on behalf of the revolutionary Women&#8217;s Army dies in a prison cell, her female comrades take up arms.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Feminism and Women&#8217;s Issues<\/li>\n<li>Revolutionaries<\/li>\n<li>Science Fiction<\/li>\n<li>Terrorists<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nIndependent filmmaker Lizzie Borden&#8217;s directorial debut &#8212; which took five years to shoot, on almost no budget &#8212; remains a thoughtful, controversial, decidedly unique sci-fi cautionary tale. Borden radically posits that not even a socialist revolution would eradicate gender inequalities; in her imagined future, it would still fall upon women (rather than the government) to protect one another and fight for equal rights. As a narrative, <em>Born in Flames<\/em> leaves much to be desired, but this is relatively easy to forgive given the remarkable imagery Borden dares to present: several strong, black, lesbian protagonists; butch females on the subway moving in immediately to protect a woman as she&#8217;s openly harassed by a man; a group of women riding up on bicycles to scare away a rapist; women taking collective action to fight for the right to keep their jobs. Like the best incendiary films, <em>Born in Flames<\/em> makes one think differently about life itself, and remains a powerful reminder of independent film&#8217;s potential to &#8220;subvert the dominant paradigm&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Several strong black female protagonists<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/StrongFemale2-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/StrongFemale2-copy-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-62964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/StrongFemale2-copy-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/StrongFemale2-copy-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/StrongFemale2-copy-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/StrongFemale2-copy-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/StrongFemale2-copy-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/StrongFemale2-copy-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/StrongFemale2-copy.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A refreshing look at a society in which women pro-actively protect one other against harm<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/ThisManRapist-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/ThisManRapist-copy-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-62965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/ThisManRapist-copy-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/ThisManRapist-copy-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/ThisManRapist-copy-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/ThisManRapist-copy-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/ThisManRapist-copy-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/ThisManRapist-copy-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/ThisManRapist-copy.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as a one-of-a-kind, much-debated indie flick. Listed as a cult film in the back of Peary&#8217;s book.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Historically Relevant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0085267\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1983\/11\/10\/movies\/film-born-in-flames-radical-feminist-ideas.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/born-in-flames\">Time Out Capsule<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/born-flames\/review\/118362\">TV Guide Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;How do you get it together unless you come together?&#8221; Synopsis: Ten years after a peaceful socialist revolution has taken place in the United States, women have still not achieved true equality. When a young black lesbian (Jean Satterfield) who has been agitating on behalf of the revolutionary Women&#8217;s Army dies in a prison cell, her female comrades take up arms. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Feminism and Women&#8217;s Issues Revolutionaries Science Fiction Terrorists Review: Independent filmmaker Lizzie Borden&#8217;s directorial&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4462\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4462"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62966,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4462\/revisions\/62966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}