Born in Flames

1983

Action / Comedy / Drama / Sci-Fi

6
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 56% · 35 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 56% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.6/10 10 2624 2.6K

strike revolution socialism feminism protest sexism

Plot summary

In near-future New York, ten years after the “social-democratic war of liberation,” diverse groups of women organize a feminist uprising as equality remains unfulfilled.

Director

Lizzie Borden Photo
Lizzie Borden

Top cast

Peggy Lee Brennan Photo
Peggy Lee Brennan as Lawyer with Zella
Rosemary Hochschild Photo
Rosemary Hochschild as Woman in Jail
Dirk Zimmer Photo
Dirk Zimmer as Co-Worker
Mark Boone Junior Photo
Mark Boone Junior as Man on Subway
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by masonfisk 7 / 10

ROUGH & READY & STILL TIMELY...!

A 1983 release of a future society where women stage a rebellion against the male dominated world they live in. More of an agitprop distillation of a dramatic 'what if' of a time to come w/the immediacy of a found footage documentary/social message screed, finds women fed up w/the status quo focusing on an outspoken gay, black woman who's a DJ who fills her airwaves w/the vitriol & anger (justified since we see men alternately trying to rape their counterparts or dismiss them from the workplace w/o a justified rationale) spurring a movement (the intended rape is thwarted by a phalanx of 10 speed riding Valkyries blowing whistles). When the DJ is arrested (the powers that be fear her power is becoming uncontrollable) she commits suicide in custody which sets the scene for a guerilla movement (replete w/automatic weapons) culminating in the destruction of the transmission antennas on top of the World Trade Center (eerily foreshadowing the '93 & 9/11 attacks). Yes, the film is rough w/all the odd ends kept in for flavor & texture but it touches on so many totems of protest (the metoo movement, Black Lives Matter, et al) one can forgive the unpolished sheen of the presentation. No big stars to remark about but genre fave, the late, great Ron Vawter shows up as a power broker out to derail the outspoken radio DJ, writer/actor Eric Bogosian has a quick scene as a TV tech & character actor Mark Boone Junior pops up as a perv accosting a woman on a train.
Reviewed by michaelbrock 8 / 10

An amazing time capsule

This film has some amazing visuals by virtue of being a time caspule to pre gentrified NYC. The plot is secondary to its actual ideas but still coherent and hits home.The music is brilliant too and and when you add all this up, it gives you something a 100 million studio film would not be able to replicate. Worth watching.
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