Born in Flames
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| Directed by | Lizzie Borden |
| Written by | Ed Bowes Lizzie Borden (uncredited) |
| Produced by | Lizzie Borden |
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| Edited by | Lizzie Borden |
| Music by | The Bloods The Red Crayola |
| Distributed by | First Run Features |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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. The title comes from the Red Krayola song "Born in Flames" released in 1980, which was inspired by a 1929 Soviet silent film of the same name. The song appears in the film and was written by frontman Mayo Thompson with the conceptual art group Art & Language.
In the decennial critics' poll published by the British Film Institute's magazine Sight and Sound in 2022, Born in Flames was ranked joint 243rd, tied for that ranking with 21 other films.