Burned to the Ground
MovieTitle | Burned to the Ground |
User score | 0 |
Release date | Nov 26, 2023 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Martin Glegg , Matt Lawrence Dix |
Production country | Canada |
Production companies | Wallop Film |
Run time | 17 min. |
The small village of Lytton in British Columbia hit the global media when it smashed Canada's highest temperature record in June 2021, at 49.6C. Two days later, a wildfire burned the entire village to the ground. In the ashes of their homes, this cohesive but diverse community, which includes a majority of First Nations people, had to confront the realities of climate displacement by being relocated away from their ancestral lands. Through the stories of three residents we find a community searching for answers while relying on a collective spirit to heal