Director: Chris Everett
Writer(s): Chris Everett
Starring: Larry Reni Thomas, Lewin Manly, Faye Chaplin, Inez Eason, Kent Chatfield, Sandy Darity, Umar Johnson, Queen Quet, Claud Anderson, Lerae Umfleet, Al McSurely, Wendel White, Daawud Muhammad, Willie Vereen, Sonya Patrick, Roger Hubbard, Terry Jackson, Susi Hamilton
Synopsis: The Wilmington Massacre was a bloody attack on the African-American community by a heavily armed white mob with the support of the North Carolina Democratic Party on November 10, 1898 in the port city of Wilmington, North Carolina. It is considered one of the only successful examples of a coup d’état in the United States that left countless numbers of African-American citizens dead and exiled from the city. This event was the spring board for the white supremacy movement and Jim Crow segregation throughout the state of North Carolina and the American South. “Wilmington on Fire” gives a compelling historical and present day look at this event showing how the violent overthrow of an existing government not only cemented white supremacy in the city of Wilmington and the state of North Carolina but also throughout the United States of America.
Release Date: November 14, 2015 (USA) | Length: 89 min | Genre: History | MPAA Rating: NR