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Join us for discussion with the Filmmakers after the movie.
Firebird: Built to Burn follows a group of volunteers in resurgent Phoenixville, PA, as they orchestrate their town’s most trea-sured collective art event: the building and burning of a giant wooden phoenix. Starting in 2004, the aptly named Firebird Festival annually spreads a message of rebuilding community through collective art.
A sense of communal identity is often a casualty during hard economic times, and that makes it increasingly difficult for communities everywhere to revitalize. With this in mind, restoring this shared identity is the solution, and the healing power of collective art is the best pathway to a renewed sense of place.
Rated NR, 1h39m.