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Let the Fire Burn
2013 · Film · documentary · 95 min
Directed by Jason Osder
Jason Osder delivers an account of the incidents leading up to and during the 1985 standoff between the extremist African-American organization MOVE and Philadelphia authorities. The dramatic clash would claim eleven lives and devastate an entire community.
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I have no idea to which country you are referring. I can't find any broad consensus, and all I can find are postings for internships in student health services.
I also think you're really underestimating the severity of the problem we have here. I'm not talking about a reduction in on-site staff towards a centralized service. I'm referencing a school known to be infected with mold[1] where a child died[2] from an asthma attack solely because there were no health workers or medical supplies available. These deaths[3] have been ongoing since the 2013 school year when the city decided to close 23 schools[4] and severely overcrowd the rest.
This of course on top of the police brutality that has taken national headlines lately but have been a permanent fixture of this city. I highly recommend the documentary Let The Fire Burn[5] for a clear example of this type of warfare.
[1]: http://citypaper.net/News/Philly-School-District-blocks-a-federal-study-after-health-risks-are-exposed/ [2]: http://citypaper.net/News/He-says-his-daughter-might-be-alive-if-not-for-school-nurse-cuts/ [3]: http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/another-student-dies-school-no-nurse [4]: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/08/education/philadelphia-officials-vote-to-close-23-schools.html?_r=0 [5]: http://netflix.com/Movie/Let-the-Fire-Burn/70274329
"Let the Fire Burn" documentary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9eCA0bIezA
For those interested I highly recommend the documentary "Let the Fire Burn".
http://m.imdb.com/title/tt2119463/
Just want to chime in and recommend two great documentaries I recently saw regarding inner-city housing in the seventies. It's not hard to imagine the war on drugs stemming from the same racism which caused white flight.
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth
Let the Fire Burn