Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire

USA | 2021 | 84 min. | Trip Jennings

June 27, 2023

In the wake of destructive fires across the nation, Elemental is an important look at discovering how we can all reimagine our relationship with wildfire, and keep our homes and communities safe.

Executive Producer Ralph Bloemers will lead a panel after the screening with Director Trip Jennings, as well as Kate Anderson, Jennifer Coe, and Mike Lasecki.

Filmed across the West and narrated by Golden Globe and Emmy nominated actor David Oyelowo, Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire (84 min) 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.

Director: Trip Jennings
Principal Cast: Dr. Jack Cohen, Margo Robbins, Dr. Tania Schoenagel, David Oyelowo
Country: USA
Year: 2021
Running Time: 84 min.
Editors: Trip Jennings, Sara Quinn
Music: Nick Jaina
Website: https://www.elementalfilm.com/
Language: English
US Distributor: Adventure Entertainment

Ralph Bloemers

PANELIST BIOS

Ralph Bloemers - Executive Producer, Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire

For nearly two decades, Ralph has advised community-based conservation groups, recreation clubs and citizens throughout the Pacific Northwest on the conservation of our forests, including burned landscapes. Over the past two years he has investigated the causes of fires, documented wildlife in burned landscapes, volunteered his time to rebuild trails in fire burned areas and spent time in these forests with firefighters, expert scientists and ecologists. Ralph has helped the public, decision makers and students confront the dominant cultural beliefs about fire, and understand the paradoxes that mark our relationship with it.

Trip Jennings

Trip Jennings - Director, Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire

Trip founded Balance Media and has worked with National Geographic for over a decade. He was named Adventurer of the Year by Nat Geo after his first project with the organization, an expedition in Papua New Guinea. Since then his films have won dozens of awards around the world and aired on major networks on every continent. Trip focuses on issues that are at a tipping point. He works to educate the public through film including front line communities and decision makers so they can make informed decisions about issues that affect their lives.

Kate Anderson

Kate Anderson - Senior Researcher, Farm and Forests Program, Sightline Institute

Kate is the Senior Researcher in Sightline Institute’s Farms and Forests program, leading the organization’s work on rural lands and economies. She is an expert on institutional tools that jointly promote vibrant rural communities and environmental sustainability.

Jenny Coe

Jenny Coe – Community Wildfire Resilience Coordinator, DNR

Jenny started her position as wildfire resilience coordinator for Western Washington in August this past year, but prior to that served Skagit and Whatcom Conservation Districts for 20 years working with private landowners and local partners in the area on watershed education and wildfire resilience. In her current position, Jenny works to inspire, educate and empower individuals and communities to coexist with wildfire through listening and advocating for community solutions. She is a Western Washington University Huxley College alum.

Mike Lasecki

Mike Lasecki – Senior Resource Specialist, Forest Stewardship, King Conservation District

Mike works on strategies and actions to address the risks posed by wildfire in King County. He workws with local, county, and regional partners to empower and support King County communities to reduce their wildfire risk and become more wildfire resilient.