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Deep into Hell Week, a favored pledgee is torn between honoring his code of silence or standing up against the intensifying violence of underground hazing.
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| Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenIn the absence of a more dramatically dynamic approach to that awfully familiar subject matter, “Burning Sands” proves neither as incendiary nor as challenging as intended. |
| The Daily BeastNick SchagerThe message Burning Sands imparts about hazing's solidarity-through-sadism ethos is slyly multifaceted. |
| RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzBurning Sands, Gerald McMurray's feature filmmaking debut, is one of the fresher entries, thanks mainly to its setting: a historically black fraternity on a historically black campus like Howard, the university where the co-writer and director got his degree. |
| CinemacyMorgan RojasMcMurray creates a world full of raw emotion, tension-filled relationships, and an alternative coming of age journey that we don't often see in film. So while it may be a tough watch, it is an unforgettable one. |
| GuardianBenjamin LeeThere’s no clumsy exposition here to explain motivations but delicately scattered crumbs involving status, family and the crippling strain of competitive masculinity. |
| JWRS. James WeggGerard McMurray's first feature shows remarkable skill and maturity as he unflinchingly tackles the subjects of familial love, pledging fraternities and underground hazing. |
| Paste MagazineAndy CrumpIf you haven't seen this kind of movie before, Burning Sands will snatch the breath right out of you, so let the faint of heart be warned. |
| LarsenOnFilmJosh Larsen...presents Hell Week through the lens of Frederick Douglass. |
| RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoGerard McMurray's drama has more ambition than last year's hazing drama [Goat], as well as interesting racial undertones that the other film did not. |
| Salt Lake TribuneSean P. MeansA solid young ensemble bolsters Burning Sands, a drama that demonstrates the horrors of fraternity hazing come in all colors. |