What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire? is the story of a community of black people in the American South during the summer 2017, when a string of brutal killings of young African American men sent shockwaves throughout the country. A meditation on the state of race in America, this film is an intimate portrait into the lives of those who struggle for justice, dignity, and survival in a country not on their side.
What You Gonna Do When the World’s On Fire?
What You Gonna Do When the World's On Fire?
A film by Roberto Minervini
About the Director
Roberto Minervini (Fermo, Italy) is a film director, screenwriter, and author. After completing a Master’s Degree in Media Studies at The New School University in New York City in 2004, he taught Documentary Cinema at both De la Salle and San Beda Universities in Manila, Philippines, and he was the director of Film Studies at the International Academy of Film and Television in Cebu City, Philippines. In 2007, he moved to Houston, where he directed three feature films, The Passage, Low Tide and Stop the Pounding Heart, presented and awarded at some of the most renowned film festivals in the world such as Cannes, Venice, Toronto, and Rotterdam, among others. The Other Side (Louisiana), his fourth film, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, competing in the Un Certain Regard section in 2015.
DIRECTOR’S FILMOGRAPHY
2015 THE OTHER SIDE (LOUISIANA)
2013 STOP THE POUNDING HEART
2012 LOW TIDE
2011 THE PASSAGE
2006 LAS LUCIERNAGAS
2005 VOODOO DOLL
Cast and Crew
CREW
Producers: Paolo Benzi, Denise Ping Lee
Director: Roberto Minervini
Screenplay:
Director of Photography: Diego Romero Suárez-Llanos
Editing: Marie-Hélène Dozo
Sound Mixer: Bernat Fortiana Chico
Sound Editors: Ingrid Simon
Production Manager: Biliana Grozdanova
CAST
JUDY HILL – The woman
DOROTHY HILL – The woman’s mother
MICHAEL NELSON – The woman’s cousin
RONALDO KING – Older brother
TITUS TURNER – Younger brother
ASHLEI KING – Boys’ mother
KEVIN GOODMAN – Mardi Gras Indian Chief
THE NEW BLACK PANTHER PARTY FOR SELF DEFENSE
Film Info
Year: 2018
Country: Italy/US/France
Runtime: 123 min
Color: Black & White
Language: English
Awards and Festivals
75th Venice International Film Festival – In Competition
Toronto International Film Festival
New York Film Festival
Vancouver International Film Festival
Busan International Film Festival
Festival Internacional de Cine de Valdivia
London Film Festival
International Film Festival Rotterdam
CPH:DOX
Play Dates
| Theater/Festival | City | State | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto film Festival | Toronto | Canada | 9/6/18 |
| New York Film Festival | New York | NY | 9/28/18 |
| New Orleans Film Society | New Orleans | LA | 4/10/19 |
| Winnipeg Cinematheque | Winnipeg | MB, Canada | 5/16/19 |
| AFS Doc Days_ Austin Film Society | Austin | TX | 6/1/19 |
| Film at Lincoln Center | New York | NY | 8/16/19 |
| Northwest Film Center | Portland | OR | 8/23/19 |
| Maysles Documentary Center | New York | NY | 8/23/19 |
| Zeitgeist Theatre & Lounge | Arabi | LA | 8/23/19 |
| Facets | Chicago | IL | 8/30/19 |
| Fresno Filmworks | Fresno | CA | 9/6/19 |
| Laemmle Glendale | Los Angeles | CA | 9/6/19 |
| Gateway Film Center | Columbus | OH | 9/6/19 |
| Digital Gym Cinema | San Diego | CA | 9/6/19 |
| The Beacon Cinema | Seattle | WA | 9/13/19 |
| The Cinematheque | Vancouver | Canada | 9/20/19 |
| Museum of Fine Arts | Boston | MA | 11/3/19 |
| Glimmerglass Film Days | Cooperstown | NY | 11/7/19 |
| St. Louis International Film Festival | St. Louis | MO | 11/7/19 |
| Sonoma Film Institute | Sonoma | CA | 11/8/19 |
| Three Rivers Film Festival | Three Rivers Film Festival | PA | 11/8/19 |
| Cleveland Museum of Art | Cleveland | OH | 12/6/19 |
