WILDER THAN WILD: FIRE, FORESTS AND THE FUTURE
THURSDAY, SEPT. 12 • 7:00 | POST-FILM DISCUSSION WITH FILMMAKER & EXPERTS
SCREENING HOSTED BY THE 2019 BIONEERS CONFERENCE IN MARIN, OCT. 18-20
“The new wave of environmental documentaries, epitomized by local filmmakers Kevin White and Stephen Most’s smartly focused Wilder Than Wild: Fire, Forests and the Future, recognizes that it’s no longer necessary to galvanize public attention about an urgent problem. The relevant conversation is about solutions and strategies.”
– KQED
This illuminating documentary highlights the issues facing our planet with regard to wildfires, revealing how fuel build-up and climate change have exposed Western wildlands to large-scale, high intensity wildfires, contributing to global warming and jeopardizing our forests. Filmmaker Kevin White traces a journey from the Rim Fire of 2013 to the wine country wildfires of 2017, exploring the proactive use of prescribed fire to reduce reliance on reactive fire suppression, meeting with a California tribe who have renewed their tradition of cultural fire, and scientists and resource managers with innovative ideas about how to restore and manage the lands we love. Director: Kevin White (US 2018) 58 min.
SCREENING FOLLOWED BY PANEL DISCUSSION WITH SPECIAL GUESTS:
ELIZABETH AZZUZ, member of the Yurok Tribe’s Cultural Fire Management Council
Tamra Peters, Executive Director of Resilient Neighborhoods
HUGH STAFFORD, Regional Ecologist for the USDA-Forest Service’s Pacific Southwest Region
MIKE SHUKEN, Firefighter Paramedic for the City of Berkeley Fire Department
KAY WHITE, FireWise coordinator
and filmmakers KEVIN WHITE and STEPHEN MOST
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