The Bombing of Osage Avenue
1986, English. Directed by Louis Massiah.
Describes the confrontation between Philadelphia Police and members of the MOVE organization on Mother's Day, 1985, which left 11 men, women and children members of MOVE dead and 61 homes destroyed by fire. The events are situated in the history of Blacks in Philadelphia, the MOVE organization, and the Cobbs Creek neighborhood. All this is explored through historical photographs, interviews and footage of the confrontation and its resulting hearings.
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- 0h 58m
- Post-credits
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- English
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- 31 December 1986
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- Toni Cade Bambara
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The Bombing of Osage Avenue isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 31 December 1986. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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The Bombing of Osage Avenue (1986) was directed by Louis Massiah.