Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire

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Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire

Released Apr 7, 2023

1h 24m

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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. Former United States Forest Service Chief Michael Dombeck says of the documentary: ELEMENTAL is an outstanding film that deserves the widest possible viewing. In a visually stunning manner, it distills what we've learned about wildland fire over the decades and provides a road-map for badly needed changes that will benefit thousands of people, particularly in fire prone communities.

Norman Gidney

HorrorBuzz

A full-throttle edu-doc that presents facts, problems, and solutions along with lightly capturing the pathos of avoidable tragedy.

Rated: 6/10

Aug 20, 2023

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Jonita Davis

The Black Cape (Medium)

The documentary, Elemental: Reimaging Wildfire is all about a deep dive into these natural disasters. Once you emerge from the experience you won’t be the same.

Jul 10, 2023

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Bobby LePire

Film Threat

Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire is an informative and heartbreaking watch about an issue that seems hopeless.

Rated: 10/10

Jun 9, 2023

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Jennie Kermode

Eye for Film

The film explores the logging and thinning techniques which have been used in the past to try to create fire breaks – areas which the flames cannot cross – but these are not as effective as you might think.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jun 9, 2023

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Michael G

Not deep at all and very one sided. kinda makes me wonder who financed the film Insurance industry!?!🤷‍♂️

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

04/08/23

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Ralph B

Stunning, thought-provoking and informative. Incredible time lapse and wildlife photography. Now I know what I need to do to prepare for fire and keep my home and community safe.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/18/23

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Amanda M

Elemental is a fantastic documentary that a provides a unique, research-driven lens to the history and modern relationship between humans and fire. It is gut-wrenching at times, educational at others, and ends on a somewhat hopeful note: the processes, science, and techniques all exist for humans to co-exist and change our relationship with fire - we just need the resources, capacity, an open-mind and the political will to do so.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/16/23

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Franklin S

My husband and I thought Elemental was excellent. Though primarily an issue in western states, the east coast has been blanketed with wildfire smoke this summer, bringing home how important this issue is to us all. The footage of California and Oregon wildfires (and wildlife) was astounding and the speakers were knowledgeable and compelling. The pacing was perfect. This film changed how we think about wildfires.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/16/23

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Trip Jennings

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David Oyelowo

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Trip Jennings

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Ralph Bloemers

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Sara Quinn

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Ralph Bloemers

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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. Former United States Forest Service Chief Michael Dombeck says of the documentary: ELEMENTAL is an outstanding film that deserves the widest possible viewing. In a visually stunning manner, it distills what we've learned about wildland fire over the decades and provides a road-map for badly needed changes that will benefit thousands of people, particularly in fire prone communities.

Director: Trip Jennings
Producer: Sara Quinn
Screenwriter: Trip Jennings, Ralph Bloemers
Distributor: Adventure Entertainment
Production Co: Balance Media
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 7, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 13, 2023
Runtime: 1h 24m

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