A Time for Burning (1967)
In the mid-1960s, 1200 White people attend Augustana Lutheran Church in Omaha, Nebraska. Nearby, Negro Lutherans worship at Hope Lutheran Church. Reverend Bill Youngdahl, Augustana's pastor, proposes that ten couples visit ten Negro families from Hope. It's a controversial idea; within weeks, Youngdahl resigns (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Bill Jersey, Barbara Connell
Starring: Ernie Chambers, Ray Cristensen, Bill Youngdahl
Genre: Documentary
Country: USA
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A Time for Burning belongs to 6 collections
1. Good but virtually unwatched movies (public version) (collaborative: moderated by djross - 34 stars)
2. National Film Registry (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 30 stars)
3. Directorial debut (collaborative: moderated by djross - 16 stars)
4. Race / Racism (collaborative: moderated by Moribunny - 4 stars)
5. Filmspotting Ratings Project: Week 19 (public: PeaceAnarchy)
6. 5: Documentaries (public: KasperL)
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| Feb 08, 2019 |  |
sebby | 75 83rd |
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Like Wiseman distilled, powerful and still relevant.
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| Feb 23, 2013 |  |
PeaceAnarchy | 88 90th |
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It's just an hour of people talking about race relations and integration, some pushing for some progress and others being regressive morons, but what an hour it is. What really makes this effective is a combination of the fly on the wall style, everyone seems very open in their conversations, as well as the editing which takes us from one place to another and back again while maintaining a strong cohesion throughout the film. I was very impressed.
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| Aug 28, 2012 |  |
stevekimes | 90 88th |
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A brief but great documentary about privilege and how it corrupts those who mean well.
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| Feb 07, 2007 |  |
MartinTeller | 87 89th |
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There's no narration, no explanatory text, it's all filmed as it's happening. Simply meetings of people discussing racial issues. And it's all utterly riveting. It's fascinating to see the problems of integration and acceptance being discussed at the height of the civil rights movement, by people who seem to have a genuine interest in finding solutions. But they're plagued by doubt and fear, letting themselves be cowed by what appears to be a small minority of those not ready for change.
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| Dec 06, 2022 | EM-ED | 76 81st |
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| Jun 24, 2022 |  |
wicked치킨 | 80 84th |
| Sep 15, 2021 |  |
jeff_v | 73 77th |
| Aug 14, 2020 | posetitel | 70 49th |
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| Jul 27, 2018 | Caracortada | 60 63rd |
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| Jun 26, 2017 |  |
joachimt | 70 67th |
| Mar 29, 2017 |  |
robot2xl | 74 83rd |
| Jun 30, 2012 | Bondo | 97 99th |
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| Apr 23, 2009 |  |
imdb | 85 98th |
| Dec 30, 2007 |  |
tonydal | 75 56th |
| Average Percentile 79.56% from 14 Ratings |  |