International Competition

Detroit is burning. This fascinating documentary takes us to the heart of the once-roaring industrial Mecca to meet the men and women charged with saving a city many have written off as dead. With vast stretches of forsaken buildings left as kindling, the highest arson rate in the country, and a budget crisis of epic proportions, the city turns to new Fire Commissioner Donald Austin to shake up the system with hard-line decisions and drastic, often controversial measures. Closer than you’ve ever been, Burn takes you into the fires and into the lives of those who fight them in the most overworked and worst-funded fire department in the United States.