Rebuilding Paradise

[Opens July 31 in select theaters and via VOD platforms.] Spectacular, harrowing cinematography highlights Ron Howard's compelling, gut-wrenching, emotional, intense, inspirational, 95-minute National Geographic documentary that chronicles the crippling effect of the horrific, tragic Camp Fire that claimed the lives of 85 people, burned down more than 18,000 structures, and decimated the picturesque town of Paradise, Calif., on Nov. 8, 2018, due to climate change and PG&E's negligence and shows the resiliency of the community as it bands together to rebuild and consists of commentary and interviews snippets with former mayor Woody Culleton, governor Jerry Brown, governor elect Gavin Newsom, police officer Matt Gates, Paradise residents (such as Marcus Nelson, Kayla Cox, Phillip Allan John, Krystle Young, and Tenille Gates), school superintendent Michelle John, fireman Sean Norman, retired fire chief Ken Pimlott, attorney Mike Ramsey, school psychologist Carly Ingersoll, high school seniors Brandon Burke and Zach Boston, school custodian Justin Cox, state assemblyman James Gallagher, fire safe council member Calli-Jane DeAnda, town council members Mike Zuccolillo and Melissa Schuster, consumer advocate Erin Brockovich, forestry expert Danny Davis, and pyrogeographer Zeke Lunder.
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