What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire?

Synopsis

Summer 2017, a string of brutal police killings of young African American men has sent shockwaves
throughout the country. A Black community in the American South tries to cope with the lingering effects
of the past and navigate their place in a country that is not on their side. Meanwhile, the Black Panthers
prepare a large-scale protest against police brutality. A blistering meditation on the state of race in America
from the director of THE OTHER SIDE.

Director Biography

Roberto Minervini is an Italian-born film director, who lives and works in the US. After completing a Master’s Degree in Media Studies at The New School University in New York City in 2004, he moved to the Philippines to teach Documentary Filmmaking at a University level. In 2007, he moved to Texas, where he directed three feature films, THE PASSAGE, LOW TIDE and STOP THE POUNDING HEART, a Texas trilogy that was presented and awarded at some of the most renowned film festivals in the world such as Cannes, Venice, Toronto, and Rotterdam, among others. In 2014, STOP THE POUNDING HEART won the David di Donatello Award (Italian Academy Award) for best documentary. THE OTHER SIDE (aka LOUISIANA), his fourth film, premiered at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, competing in the Un Certain Regard section.