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A Fire Inside

When a volunteer firefighter drives his car into almost certain death during the worst fires in Australian history, he does it because he ‘has a job to do’. Three months later, the fires are out but his nightmares are just beginning. What’s tormenting him, however, isn’t the memory of flames. Turning a sensitive lens on the unprecedented devastation of Australia’s Black Summer bushfires, from a country-wide emergency to the astonishing stories of help that emerged.

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Justin Krook, Luke Mazzaferro

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Production

FINCH,Icon Film Distribution

Awards

4 wins & 6 nominations

Homepage

https://afireinside.me/

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(MEN CALL OUT INDISTINCTLY) - A Fire Inside

(MEN CALL OUT INDISTINCTLY)

JUSTIN KAM:
Brendon, being the person he is, - A Fire Inside

JUSTIN KAM: Brendon, being the person he is,

I believe that those actions of his
saved the village - A Fire Inside

I believe that those actions of his saved the village

It amazes us
how some of these people will give - A Fire Inside

It amazes us how some of these people will give

It is very difficult to imagine
how some of these other individuals - A Fire Inside

It is very difficult to imagine how some of these other indi...

BRENDON O'CONNOR:
Two of our members lost their homes, - A Fire Inside

BRENDON O'CONNOR: Two of our members lost their homes,

Most people are struggling
day to day as it is, - A Fire Inside

Most people are struggling day to day as it is,

NATHAN BARNDEN: One guy,
he works on horses - A Fire Inside

NATHAN BARNDEN: One guy, he works on horses

Half the stock on the coast
were either injured or killed. - A Fire Inside

Half the stock on the coast were either injured or killed.

But every day,
he was out firefighting, - A Fire Inside

But every day, he was out firefighting,

The hours everyone was working,
you know, absolute sleep deprivation, - A Fire Inside

The hours everyone was working, you know, absolute sleep dep...

JUSTIN KAM: Seeing one of the
firefighters lying, unable to breathe - A Fire Inside

JUSTIN KAM: Seeing one of the firefighters lying, unable to ...

So what does that tell you
about their psyche? - A Fire Inside

So what does that tell you about their psyche?

NATHAN BARNDEN:
I started receiving 000 calls - A Fire Inside

NATHAN BARNDEN: I started receiving 000 calls

And this is right as the firestorm
hit town the hardest. - A Fire Inside

And this is right as the firestorm hit town the hardest.

The initial report was for a family
of seven, with five children, - A Fire Inside

The initial report was for a family of seven, with five chil...

I grabbed a firefighter,
whose name was John Gallagher. - A Fire Inside

I grabbed a firefighter, whose name was John Gallagher.

We were in a four-wheel-drive,
essentially, - A Fire Inside

We were in a four-wheel-drive, essentially,

The fire was basically hitting
the side of the car on all sides - A Fire Inside

The fire was basically hitting the side of the car on all si...

And as we were driving down
this road, - A Fire Inside

And as we were driving down this road,

We tried to turn around - A Fire Inside

We tried to turn around

We couldn't get the car out - A Fire Inside

We couldn't get the car out

I remember looking at John
and I know... - A Fire Inside

I remember looking at John and I know...

And we never said it - A Fire Inside

And we never said it

And we kept trying to get the car
out and it just wouldn't move. - A Fire Inside

And we kept trying to get the car out and it just wouldn...

And eventually it just managed - A Fire Inside

And eventually it just managed

I radioed our control centre - A Fire Inside

I radioed our control centre

But I asked them, you know, - A Fire Inside

But I asked them, you know,

The likelihood of being that lucky
twice isn't really high. - A Fire Inside

The likelihood of being that lucky twice isn't really h...

And they replied with, - A Fire Inside

And they replied with,

I remember driving into the property - A Fire Inside

I remember driving into the property

And their car's in the driveway
and it's on fire. - A Fire Inside

And their car's in the driveway and it's on fire.

Everything that you can possibly
think of around you is on fire. - A Fire Inside

Everything that you can possibly think of around you is on f...

John jumped out of the car while I
radioed in to say that we'd arrived - A Fire Inside

John jumped out of the car while I radioed in to say that we...

WOMAN: It was New Year's Eve - A Fire Inside

WOMAN: It was New Year's Eve

We'd rang the police
a couple of times - A Fire Inside

We'd rang the police a couple of times

Unfortunately, the next minute,
we had a fireball on our property - A Fire Inside

Unfortunately, the next minute, we had a fireball on our pro...

Two of my babies are struggling, - A Fire Inside

Two of my babies are struggling,

Gave them all a paper bag - A Fire Inside

Gave them all a paper bag

I think we had minutes,
maybe seconds... - A Fire Inside

I think we had minutes, maybe seconds...

And then Jess heard the firemen were
at the door, you know, yelling out. - A Fire Inside

And then Jess heard the firemen were at the door, you know, ...

NATHAN BARNDEN: We were trying to
get these guys out of their house, - A Fire Inside

NATHAN BARNDEN: We were trying to get these guys out of thei...

We got all of them in - A Fire Inside

We got all of them in

We managed to get them through, - A Fire Inside

We managed to get them through,

And we do it three times
over the next... - A Fire Inside

And we do it three times over the next...

I think it's the next hour - A Fire Inside

I think it's the next hour

NATHAN BARNDEN: My brigade came - A Fire Inside

NATHAN BARNDEN: My brigade came

And my dad looks at me
and tells me that my... - A Fire Inside

And my dad looks at me and tells me that my...

That my Uncle Robert
and my cousin Patrick had died - A Fire Inside

That my Uncle Robert and my cousin Patrick had died

And I remember just looking at him
and sort of saying, - A Fire Inside

And I remember just looking at him and sort of saying,

I was just on my knees
in the middle of the road - A Fire Inside

I was just on my knees in the middle of the road

I grabbed my dad and my brother and
we walked back into the fire station - A Fire Inside

I grabbed my dad and my brother and we walked back into the ...

(CRIES) - A Fire Inside

What it was like to tell her that. - A Fire Inside

What it was like to tell her that.

ROSEY BARNDEN: I was a Salway,
the baby of the family. - A Fire Inside

ROSEY BARNDEN: I was a Salway, the baby of the family.

(CRIES) - A Fire Inside

Yeah, having my big brother
to talk to. - A Fire Inside

Yeah, having my big brother to talk to.

And then, for two months, every
single day, I would put on a uniform - A Fire Inside

And then, for two months, every single day, I would put on a...

BRUCE BUCKLEY:
The bushfires extended - A Fire Inside

BRUCE BUCKLEY: The bushfires extended

That's the equivalent of bushfires
in North America - A Fire Inside

That's the equivalent of bushfires in North America

The smoke from Australia's bushfires
circled the entire planet. - A Fire Inside

The smoke from Australia's bushfires circled the entire...

In South America, the skies
over central Chile went grey. - A Fire Inside

In South America, the skies over central Chile went grey.

It was no longer a bushfire
that was burning in the wilderness - A Fire Inside

It was no longer a bushfire that was burning in the wilderne...

It was there for all to see - A Fire Inside

It was there for all to see

We had over 200 consecutive days
of bushfire emergencies declared. - A Fire Inside

We had over 200 consecutive days of bushfire emergencies dec...

There were
more than 3,000 homes destroyed - A Fire Inside

There were more than 3,000 homes destroyed

MAN: The silence.
Just the quietness. - A Fire Inside

MAN: The silence. Just the quietness.

No birds singing out, no...
Nothing. - A Fire Inside

No birds singing out, no... Nothing.

When I looked at the soils,
they were just baked, like pottery. - A Fire Inside

When I looked at the soils, they were just baked, like potte...

And I just felt empty inside. - A Fire Inside

And I just felt empty inside.

WOMAN: They estimate
around 3 billion animals - A Fire Inside

WOMAN: They estimate around 3 billion animals

People were saying to us,
"How many koalas did you see?" - A Fire Inside

People were saying to us, "How many koalas did you see?...

I couldn't visualise how we could
ever recover from such devastation. - A Fire Inside

I couldn't visualise how we could ever recover from suc...

WOMAN: It's kind of stuff that
you see from footage of World War II. - A Fire Inside

WOMAN: It's kind of stuff that you see from footage of ...

I remember just seeing people dazed.
It was shock. - A Fire Inside

I remember just seeing people dazed. It was shock.

But you also saw the absolute despair
and adrenaline - A Fire Inside

But you also saw the absolute despair and adrenaline

I slept with my bra on for two weeks - A Fire Inside

I slept with my bra on for two weeks

There was a lot of looters in town, - A Fire Inside

There was a lot of looters in town,

We had a lot of tourists
and they were told to leave - A Fire Inside

We had a lot of tourists and they were told to leave

MAN: Because we were cut off
from the world, - A Fire Inside

MAN: Because we were cut off from the world,

People, they might have
a few possessions in their car - A Fire Inside

People, they might have a few possessions in their car

We didn't have many trucks here, - A Fire Inside

We didn't have many trucks here,

(WOMAN AND MAN CALL OUT) - A Fire Inside

(WOMAN AND MAN CALL OUT)

And they were, like,
"Are you guys firefighters?" - A Fire Inside

And they were, like, "Are you guys firefighters?"

"What can we do? What can we do?" - A Fire Inside

"What can we do? What can we do?"

I couldn't even get through
my front door - A Fire Inside

I couldn't even get through my front door

But what a beautiful problem to have, - A Fire Inside

But what a beautiful problem to have,

"Just let us know what you need
and we'll get it to you." - A Fire Inside

"Just let us know what you need and we'll get it t...

(PHONE VIBRATES) - A Fire Inside

(PHONE VIBRATES)

From all around Australia, people
just loading up generators, fuel, - A Fire Inside

From all around Australia, people just loading up generators...

A Fire Inside poster

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When a volunteer firefighter drives his car into almost certain death during the worst fires in Australian history, he does it because he ‘has a job to do’. Three months later, the fires are out but his nightmares are just beginning. What’s tormenting him, however, isn’t the memory of flames. Turning a sensitive lens on the unprecedented devastation of Australia’s Black Summer bushfires, from a country-wide emergency to the astonishing stories of help that emerged.

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Director: Justin Krook, Luke Mazzaferro

Writer: Justin Krook, Luke Mazzaferro, Nick Worthington

Production: FINCH,Icon Film Distribution

Genre: documentary

Year: 2021

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 8.7

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 07 Oct 2021

Awards: 4 wins & 6 nominations

Homepage: https://afireinside.me/