12:00 - 2:30
Filmed across the West and narrated by Golden Globe and Emmy-nominated actor David Oyelowo, Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire takes viewers on a journey with the top experts in the nation to better understand fire. The film follows the harrowing escape from Paradise, California, as the town ignited from wind-driven embers and burned within a few hours of the fire's start. It then continues to the even more recent fires of the last two years, when Oregon, California and Colorado suffered their worst wildfires in recorded history. Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire includes the voices of climate experts, Indigenous people and fire survivors, and asks us to reimagine our relationship with wildfire as we prepare for an increasingly hotter future.
The film will be followed by a short Q+A.
Director: Trip Jennings
Narrator: David Oyelowo
Featuring: Dr. Jack Cohen, Margo Robbins, Dr. Chris Dunn, Dr. Tania Schoenagel, Roy Wright, Derek Alkonis, Rick O'Rourke, Dr. Alexandra Syphard, Jesse Alexander, Tim Ingalsbee, Dr. Beverly Law and Maya Kholsa
NR, 85 mins., 2022. Closed captions (CC) in English.
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