{"id":19911,"date":"2020-06-17T21:08:56","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T01:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=19911"},"modified":"2020-06-18T10:09:42","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T14:09:42","slug":"when-liberty-burns-delves-into-the-miami-riot-of-1980","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/when-liberty-burns-delves-into-the-miami-riot-of-1980\/","title":{"rendered":"Documentary Delves Into The Miami Riot of 1980"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Liberty Burns<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a documentary that examines the events that led to the <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blackpast.org\/african-american-history\/miami-liberty-city-riot-1980\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miami Riot of 1980<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">,<\/span> will stream on <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/ondemand\/whenlibertyburns\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vimeo On Demand<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on June 19.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dudleyalexis.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Dudley Alexis&#8217;<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> film focuses on Arthur McDuffie, a 33-year-old Black insurance agent and former Marine who was beaten to death by several Dade County Public Safety Department officers in 1979 after he ran a red light on his motorcycle and a chase ensued.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Five months later, an all-white jury in Tampa acquitted four officers, which sparked the riot.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The documentary features interviews with McDuffie&#8217;s family and friends, retired police officers, eye witnesses, historians and local activists to bring awareness to race relations in Miami.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt is important never to forget our history,\u201d said Jaie Laplante, executive director of the Miami Film Festival who is presenting the online screening. \u201cIt is from history that we learn how to do better and create a more equitable, fair and just society.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Liberty Burns <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was awarded the 2020 Knight Made in MIA Feature Film Award. 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