Festivals - Sundance Film Festival 2021 : Bring your own brigade directed by Lucy Walker will have its world premiere

By Mulder, 20 december 2020

Raging, out-of-control wildfires have become part of the new normal around the globe, leaving heartbreaking devastation and death in their wake. In California, this harsh reality was underscored on November 8, 2018, when several parts of the state were ablaze—the Camp Fire destroying most of the Northern California town of Paradise and the Woolsey Fire roaring through Malibu in the south. In the aftermath, residents face unthinkable loss. As they struggle to rebuild, they debate what could be done to prevent further tragedy.

Filmmaker Lucy Walker (The Crash Reel, 2013 Sundance Film Festival) wonders if it has to be this way. She digs into the surprising history and complex range of causes of uncontrolled fires—from climate change and ill-considered fire suppression policies to the influence of wealthy corporate interests. Her film reveals how responsibility continually gets shifted, with ordinary people left suffering the dangerous consequences. Bring Your Own Brigade cogently exposes our out-of-balance relationship with nature and explores what it will take to restore this delicate equilibrium.

Synopsis :
An investigation into our landscape's hidden fire stories and on-the-ground experiences of firefighters and residents struggling through deadly fires.

Bring your own brigade (USA)
Written and directed by Lucy Walker
Produced by Holly Becker, Julian Cautherley, Lyn Lear, Lucy Walker, Martha Mitchell
Executive Producers : Geralyn Dreyfous, Lynda Weinman, Michael Bloom, Maria Zuckerman, Lisa Leingang, Regina Scully, Jamie Wolf, Bill Benenson, Laurie Benenson, Melony Lewis, Adam Lewis, Ryan Heller, Tony Hsieh, Bryn Mooser, Kathryn Everett
Distributed by Tree Tree Tree (https://www.lucywalkerfilm.com)
Release date : January 30, 2021 (Sundance)
Running time : 100 minutes

Premiere : jan. 30 - 12:00am // Second screening : jan. 31 - 4:00pm (local time)

(Source : press release)