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== Legacy == On the 25th anniversary of the 1985 bombing, ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'' published a detailed multimedia website containing retrospective articles, archived articles, videos, interviews, photos, and a timeline of the events.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.philly.com/philly/hot_topics/93010634.html | work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] | title=MOVE 25 years later | access-date=May 9, 2010 | archive-date=April 19, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419013426/http://www.philly.com/philly/hot_topics/93010634.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |title=A haunting look at when Phila. burned |first=Carrie |last=Rickey |date=October 20, 2013 |url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/entertainment/20131020_A_haunting_look_at_when_Phila__burned.html |access-date=May 14, 2020 |archive-date=June 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610153231/https://www.inquirer.com/philly/entertainment/20131020_A_haunting_look_at_when_Phila__burned.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[John Edgar Wideman]]'s 1990 novel ''Philadelphia Fire'' is based on the MOVE bombing.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Rev. of Philadelphia Fire |journal=[[Kirkus Reviews]] |date=1990-09-15 |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/john-edgar-wideman/philadelphia-fire/ |language=en-US |issn=1948-7428 |df=mdy-all |access-date=January 5, 2022 |archive-date=June 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240617130520/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/john-edgar-wideman/philadelphia-fire/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Mischief Brew]]βs 2006 song ''Save A Cityβ¦'' is about the MOVE bombing. === Documentaries === ''The Bombing of Osage Avenue'' (1986) by author [[Toni Cade Bambara]] and [[Louis Massiah]] provides context for the bombing by using the history of the Cobbs Creek community. It focuses on the bombing's effects on community residents who did not belong to MOVE. The film also uses footage of the hearings of the MOVE commission. It premiered on [[WHYY-TV]], Philadelphia's public broadcasting station.<ref>{{cite AV media |url=http://dla.library.upenn.edu/dla/vcat/record.html?id=VCAT_1731372 |title=The Bombing of Osage Avenue |year=1986 |people=Massiah, Louis (Director) |location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |publisher=Scribe Video Center |access-date=November 22, 2019 |archive-date=June 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610012319/http://dla.library.upenn.edu/dla/vcat/record.html?id=VCAT_1731372 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Let the Fire Burn]]'' (2013) by producer/director Jason Osder about MOVE composed largely of archival footage.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/films/let-the-fire-burn/ |title=Let the Fire Burn{{!}}Philadelphia Police Clash with MOVE Group{{!}}Independent Lens{{!}}PBS |website=[[PBS]] |access-date=November 29, 2020 |archive-date=June 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240617130604/https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/let-the-fire-burn/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Rapold|first=Nicolas|title=Dropping In On Tragedy, As If You Were There|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/02/movies/let-the-fire-burn-relives-1985-siege-of-the-move-group.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=October 1, 2013|access-date=November 15, 2016|archive-date=November 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116163443/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/02/movies/let-the-fire-burn-relives-1985-siege-of-the-move-group.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://jasonosder.com/film |title=Let the Fire Burn{{!}}Jason Osder |access-date=November 29, 2020 |archive-date=December 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211230823/http://jasonosder.com/film |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project]]'' (2019) by Matt Wolf also featured footage of the group on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] news show ''[[Nightline]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2019/12/recorder-the-marion-stokes-project-director-matt-wolf-pbs-documentary-interview-1202798584/ |title='Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project' Helmer On Awards-Contending Doc β Deadline |date=December 2, 2019 |access-date=November 29, 2020 |archive-date=December 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203165621/https://deadline.com/2019/12/recorder-the-marion-stokes-project-director-matt-wolf-pbs-documentary-interview-1202798584/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/BAVC1006272_News51385 BAVC1006272_News51385: Internet Archive]</ref> ''40 Years a Prisoner'' (2020) by filmmaker [[Tommy Oliver (producer)|Tommy Oliver]] chronicles the controversial 1978 Philadelphia police raid on MOVE and the aftermath that led to a Mike Africa Jr.'s decades-long fight to free his parents.<ref>Oliver, Tommy (2020). 40 Years a Prisoner [https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/40-years-a-prisoner. HBO. Retrieved December 08, 2020.]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/40_years_a_prisoner |title=Rotten Tomatoes |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=April 27, 2021 |archive-date=March 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302202809/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/40_years_a_prisoner |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://reason.com/2021/03/19/40-years-a-prisoner/ |title=40 Years a Prisoner - Reason.com |date=March 19, 2021 |access-date=April 27, 2021 |archive-date=June 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240617130604/https://reason.com/2021/03/19/40-years-a-prisoner/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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