Film: Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire
2025-07-23 20:00 - 22:00 UTC | Chinatown/Him Mark Lai - Chinatown Meeting Room
As part of the San Francisco Public Library's Everybody’s Climate series, the Chinatown Afternoon Movie presents the documentary: "Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire".

Description: Elemental takes viewers on a journey with the top experts in the nation to better understand fire. We follow the harrowing escape from Paradise as the town ignited from wind-driven embers and burned within a few hours of the fire's start. We visit fire labs where researchers torch entire houses to learn why some homes burn and others survive. We learn from Native Americans as they employ fire to benefit nature and increase community safety as they have for thousands of years. We follow researchers who work to understand the effects of climate on forests and the crucial role that natural forests play in storing vast amounts of carbon. Along the way we listen to people who have survived the deadliest fires to underscore the importance of this quest.

NR, 85 min., 2023. Closed captions (CC) in English.
