Film explores an event in the 1970s, fires raged through the South Bronx. Abandoned by landlords and city officials, nearly a half million residents were displaced.
October 17, 2019 | 7 pm @ Paramount Center for the Arts
JOHNSON CITY, TN — East Tennessee PBS and the Paramount Center for the Arts invite you to an advanced screening of “Decade of Fire” Oct. 17 at 7 p.m. at the Paramount Center for the Arts, Bristol, Tennessee.
In the 1970s, fires raged through the South Bronx. Abandoned by landlords and city officials, nearly a half million residents were displaced from their beloved neighborhood. With the help of fellow survivors, filmmaker and Bronx native Vivian Vázquez Irizarry tells the story of the residents who banded together amidst the rubble and built a better future for their community.
This event is free and open to the public
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Category: Film