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Burning Sands
Directed by
Gerard McMurray
TV-MA
2017
1h 45m
Drama
6.0
88%
60%
5.8
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Deep into Hell Week, a favored pledgee is torn between honoring his code of silence or standing up against the intensifying violence of underground hazing.
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Cast of Burning Sands
Trevor Jackson
Zurich
Alfre Woodard
Professor Hughes
Steve Harris
Dean Richardson
Tosin Cole
Frank
DeRon Horton
Square
Trevante Rhodes
Fernander
Serayah
Angel
Imani Hakim
Rochon
Mitchell Edwards
Stephon
Nafessa Williams
Toya
Racquel Bianca John
Joy
Michael King
Lambda Brother
Octavius J. Johnson
Ron
Rotimi
Edwin
Malik Bazille
Dwight
Christian Robinson
Big Cee
Chiké Okonkwo
Big Brother Breyton
Deji LaRay
Big Brother Thad
Muslima Musawwir
Chatting Probate Friend
Gerard McMurray
Director / Writer
Burning Sands Ratings & Reviews
The Movie Blog
Emmanuel Noisette
We want movies to make us feel things and generate discussions. This movie succeeded in both.
Cinemacy
Morgan Rojas
McMurray creates a world full of raw emotion, tension-filled relationships, and an alternative coming of age journey that we don't often see in film. So while it may be a tough watch, it is an unforgettable one.
Shadow and Act
Sergio Mims
Burning Sands is a well made, thought provoking film filled with subtleties and a compelling story that, like any good film, leaves us with questions, and challenges us to think about the repercussions of our actions.
Essence
Aramide Tinubu
Burning Sands is a riveting assessment of freedom, compassion and what it means to think critically about the circumstances you may find yourself in.
Blu-ray.com
Brian Orndorf
Distinct in its point of view, with co-writer/director Gerald McMurray creating terrific scenes of anxiety and confusion to help support a periodically disappointing feature.
Common Sense Media
Brian Costello
Violent movie about fraternity hazing; cursing, sex.
RogerEbert.com
Matt Zoller Seitz
You definitely come away from the experience with very mixed feelings about what you've seen and how it was presented, which feels just about right for a story like this one.
Paste Magazine
Andy Crump
If you haven't seen this kind of movie before, Burning Sands will snatch the breath right out of you, so let the faint of heart be warned.
Entertainment Weekly
Kevin P. Sullivan
There's something powerful even in its predictability-will things go too far? Does the Pope wear a pointy hat?-and in Jackson's fierce, quietly forceful performance.
LarsenOnFilm
Josh Larsen
...presents Hell Week through the lens of Frederick Douglass.
Spirituality & Practice
Mary Ann Brussat
A disturbing film about the hazing of a college fraternity pledge.
Los Angeles Times
Michael Rechtshaffen
In the absence of a more dramatically dynamic approach to that awfully familiar subject matter, "Burning Sands" proves neither as incendiary nor as challenging as intended.
Orlando Weekly
Thaddeus McCollum
It may not be a definitive look at the HBCU Greek experience, but it succeeds in being a nuanced look at the problem of hazing on any college campus.
The Daily Beast
Nick Schager
The message Burning Sands imparts about hazing's solidarity-through-sadism ethos is slyly multifaceted.
Nerd Report
Fred Topel
Writer/director Gerard McMurray has compassion for these kids and a passion for shining light on these abuses.
IndieWire
Jude Dry
McMurray successfully avoids stereotypes.
RogerEbert.com
Brian Tallerico
Gerard McMurray's drama has more ambition than last year's hazing drama [Goat], as well as interesting racial undertones that the other film did not.
Salt Lake Tribune
Sean P. Means
A solid young ensemble bolsters Burning Sands, a drama that demonstrates the horrors of fraternity hazing come in all colors.
Variety
Dennis Harvey
The occasional heavy-handed or clumsy elements don't seriously impair a film whose high spirits, talented cast and luridly intriguing subject consistently entertain, even if they seldom truly surprise.
The Hollywood Reporter
Todd McCarthy
A workmanlike but unavoidably predictable yarn about the perils of college fraternity hazing.
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