Documentary, Drama  •  2025  •  85 min

Prisoners of Fire (2025)

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Prisoners of Fire (2025)


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate

Viewer Rating
7.3

Overview

June 26,1990, the Dude Fire rages across Zane Gray country in the towering ponderosa forests below the Mogollon Rim in Central Arizona, killing five prison crew members and a female supervisor on her first fire. Follow along with the survivors and firefighters as they share their experience as inmate firefighters and their harrowing story of courage, loss and redemption.


Starring Cast

Sandra Bachman  •   Joseph Chacon  •   Alex Contreras


Where to watch

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Center

Primary

Political: Center
Confidence: High

The film recounts the 1990 Dude Fire tragedy, focusing on the harrowing experiences of inmate firefighters and a supervisor, highlighting themes of courage, loss, and redemption. It presents a historical account of a human disaster without explicitly promoting a specific political ideology.

Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: High

The film features a cast with visible diversity. Its narrative centers on a historical event, exploring themes of courage, loss, and redemption, without explicitly critiquing traditional identities or making DEI themes central to the story.

Secondary

LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High

Prisoners of Fire (2025) does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The film's narrative does not include any elements related to queer identity or experiences.

Trans: N/A
Confidence: High

Prisoners of Fire explores the harrowing experiences of inmate firefighters and survivors of the 1990 Dude Fire in Arizona. The film's narrative centers on themes of courage, loss, and redemption within this historical context. There are no identifiable transsexual characters or themes of gender or sexual transformation depicted in the movie.

Female Combat: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High

Prisoners of Fire is a documentary that recounts the 1990 Dude Fire tragedy. The film portrays historical figures involved in the event, and all characters depicted maintain their established genders from the historical record. No instances of a character's gender differing from their historical or canonical representation are present.

Race Swap: N/R

There is not enough publicly available information for AI to assess this category for this movie.

Family Values: N/R

There is not enough publicly available information for AI to assess this category for this movie.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.3

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

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7.3
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N/A

Critic Ratings

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N/A
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