Fire in Paradise

Fire in Paradise is a 2019 documentary film directed by Zackary Canepari and Drea Cooper and starring Joy Beeson, Beth Bowersox, and Abbie DavisHiyori Kon. The film focuses on the 2018 wildfire in Paradise, California, the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California history. Fire in Paradise premiered at the 2019 Telluride Film Festival. It also showed at the 2019 Hamptons International Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award for Best Short Film and was released on Netflix on November 1, 2019.

Documentary filmmakers Canepari and Cooper made a name for themselves with their series California is a place – a collection of short films (of which we featured Aquadettes and Uppercut) celebrating the Golden State. While their Netflix doc Fire in Paradise shares a familiar location, the tone of their latest short could not be more different from their earlier work.

A devasting of the deadliest wildfire in California swept through the titular town of Paradise, leaving death and destruction in its wake. Constructed from distressing first-hand footage filmed from those struggling to escape the fire, alongside talking-head interviews with survivors and responders, this 40-min short is a dynamic and impactful watch. It is the kind of scenario you would see in a feature-length disaster film and find difficult to believe, except this time the tension and risks are real.

Detail information:

Link film: https://www.netflix.com/title/81050375

Initial release: September 1, 2019

Running time: 40 minutes