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The Bombing of Osage Avenue Poster

The Bombing of Osage Avenue

1986 • 58 min

The Bombing of Osage Avenue

1986 58 min

Describes the confrontation between Philadelphia Police and members of the MOVE organization on Mother's Day, 1985, which left 11 men, women and children members of MOVE dead and 61 homes destroyed by fire. The events are situated in the history of Blacks in Philadelphia, the MOVE organization, and the Cobbs Creek neighborhood. All this is explored through historical photographs, interviews and footage of the confrontation and its resulting hearings.

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Dec 31, 1986

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