The Collinwood Fire

On March 4, 1908, fire erupted in an elementary school in Collinwood, Ohio, a suburb adjacent to Cleveland. The blaze trapped and killed 172 children, two teachers, and one rescuer. Mostly forgotten in the present day, the Collinwood fire crystallized the aspirations and brutality of urban-industrial life in the United States at the turn of the twentieth century. To learn more about this movie and the fire it depicts visit http://collinwoodfire.org/