Born in Flames

Born in Flames
Directed byLizzie Borden
Written byEd Bowes
Lizzie Borden (uncredited)
Produced byLizzie Borden
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byLizzie Borden
Music byThe Bloods
The Red Crayola
Distributed byFirst Run Features
Release date
  • February 20, 1983 (1983-02-20)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Born in Flames is a 1983 American utopian/dystopian docufiction drama film directed, produced and co-written by radical intersectional feminist Lizzie Borden. The film explores racism, classism, sexism and heterosexism in an alternate socialist democratic United States.[1] The title comes from the Red Krayola song "Born in Flames", which appears in the filmand was written by Mayo Thompson, a member of the conceptual artists' group Art & Language.[2]

  1. ^ Maslin, Janet (November 10, 1983). "Film: 'Born in Flames' Radical feminist ideas". The New York Times. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
  2. ^ Baise, Greg (March 1, 2017). "Lizzie Borden talks about her scrappy, feminist magnum opus, 'Born in Flames'". Detroit Metro Times. Retrieved August 21, 2017.