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THE BURNING OF ATLANTA

By Christopher FORBES

ITN DISTRIBUTION - as SALES All rights, World / DISTR DVD-video, VOD, USA

Action/Adventure - Completed 2020

1864. “The Burning of Atlanta” is the story of the destruction of a major city near the end of the Civil War, and the desperation and terror this caused in the lives of those who watched their entire society collapse around them.

- Year of production
- 2020
- Genres
- Action/Adventure
- Countries
- USA
- Duration
- 90 mn
- Director(s)
- Christopher FORBES
- Cast
- Jerry CHESSER, Jezibell ANAT
- Synopsis
- 1864
  After a huge battle and the brutal shelling of the population of Atlanta, Federal troops (“Yanks”) take control of the city. Their plan is to use all of the goods remaining in the warehouse district of Atlanta to outfit their army for the upcoming March to the Sea, which they hope will end the War Between the States.
  Confederate spies move into the warehouse district,
  disguised as Yanks, to take stock of what is still there that might be of use to the army of the north. They find a lot.The word comes down from Confederate command to burn the entire district, destroying vast quantities of goods and uprooting hundreds of families that have been in the area for
  decades.“The Burning of Atlanta” is the story of the destruction of a major city near the end of the war, and the desperation and terror this causes in the lives of those who watch their entire society collapse around them.