Description

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 of 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.

Reviews

“A stirring, committed portrait of black lives at a crossroads in the American South.” —Screen Daily

“Roberto Minervini’s documentary vibrates with energy in step with daily battles of different but all-impressive personalities.” —Slate.com

“Such quiet moments, captured in heartbreakingly vivid detail, make ‘What You Gonna Do’ unassumingly powerful.” —NOW Toronto

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