
Set ten years after the most peaceful revolution in United States history, a revolution in which a socialist government gains power, this films presents a dystopia in which the issues of many progressive groups - minorities, liberals, gay rights organizations, feminists - are ostensibly dealt with by the government, and yet there are still problems with jobs, with gender issues, with governmental preference and violence. In New York City, in this future time, a group of women... (Full plot summary below)
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Set ten years after the most peaceful revolution in United States history, a revolution in which a socialist government gains power, this films presents a dystopia in which the issues of many progressive groups - minorities, liberals, gay rights organizations, feminists - are ostensibly dealt with by the government, and yet there are still problems with jobs, with gender issues, with governmental preference and violence. In New York City, in this future time, a group of women decide to organize and mobilize, to take the revolution farther than any man - and many women - ever imagined in their lifetimes.
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| The Blue LensesAlexandra Heller-NicholasAs hackneyed as the phrase may be, Born in Flames is a stark, in-your-face reminder that the more things change, the more they stay the same. |
| VarietyVariety StaffLizzie Borden's 16mm independent production, which took some two years to complete, appears to have all the advantages and the disadvantages of a home movie. |
| PatheosEve TushnetI enjoyed this immensely, largely because of the music and the general ramshackle, hipshot attitude of rebellion. |
| Film Journal InternationalEric MonderThe U.S. premiere of the newly restored Born in Flames gives us all an opportunity to reassess this indie classic. |
| New YorkerRichard BrodyBorden's exhilarating collage-like story stages news reports, documentary sequences, and surveillance footage alongside tough action scenes and musical numbers; her violent vision is both ideologically complex and chilling. |
| Time OutFrances DickinsonBorden charts the explosive coming together of the women as they forge their own liberation, handling her story with audacity and making even the driest argument crackle with humour, while the more poignant moments burn with a fierce white heat. |
| User ReviewLee MRebel girl you are the queen of my world. |
| User ReviewStella DReally badass in every possible way. The premise, style, soundtrack: fantastic. The fact that this was made in 1983 makes it even moreso. |
| User ReviewMel PI loved it too. So much better than the wanna-be Itty Bitty Titty Committee. |
| User ReviewBrendan QCinematic discussion of how systems of oppression (sexism, capitalism, racism) must be dealt with comprehensively. They must be seen as what they are: resistant, interconnected, invisible and reinforcing of one another. "The womens army seems to be dominated by lesbians and blacks" |