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Bring Your Own Brigade

An investigation into our landscape's hidden fire stories and on-the-ground experiences of firefighters and residents struggling through deadly fires.

Director

Lucy Walker

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Genre

Box Office

$13,375

Production

Artemis Rising,Topic Studios,XTR,Tree Tree Tree Productions,Rooftop Films,Good ‘n Proper Production

Awards

1 nomination

Homepage

https://www.bringyourownbrigade.com

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Trina Cunningham

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Jefferson Zuma Jay Wagner

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Marily Woodhouse

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[BIRDS CHIRPING] - Bring Your Own Brigade

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

BRAD: I was just cleaning up
over here getting ready - Bring Your Own Brigade

BRAD: I was just cleaning up over here getting ready

We've still got some tomatoes,
and lots of good fresh lemons, - Bring Your Own Brigade

We've still got some tomatoes, and lots of good fresh l...

[LAUGHS] - Bring Your Own Brigade

Oh, I'm doing just fine. - Bring Your Own Brigade

Oh, I'm doing just fine.

Being blind,
I thought they had all left me. - Bring Your Own Brigade

Being blind, I thought they had all left me.

And then Brad came in
and told me, he said, - Bring Your Own Brigade

And then Brad came in and told me, he said,

It was like it created
a big firestorm over here - Bring Your Own Brigade

It was like it created a big firestorm over here

Angels. [LAUGHS] It was angels. - Bring Your Own Brigade

Angels. [LAUGHS] It was angels.

LUCY: Do-- Were you praying,
were you asking-- Were you-- - Bring Your Own Brigade

LUCY: Do-- Were you praying, were you asking-- Were you--

Yeah, she died a few years ago
and I built this for her. - Bring Your Own Brigade

Yeah, she died a few years ago and I built this for her.

Yeah, oh no, I'm happy.
I'm happy. - Bring Your Own Brigade

Yeah, oh no, I'm happy. I'm happy.

Over here, my mom's here
and safe and things are good. - Bring Your Own Brigade

Over here, my mom's here and safe and things are good.

Most the people I know
lost everything. - Bring Your Own Brigade

Most the people I know lost everything.

♪ But haven't you heard - Bring Your Own Brigade

♪ But haven't you heard

LUCY: My obsession
with wildfire began - Bring Your Own Brigade

LUCY: My obsession with wildfire began

I was confused,
"Why is the hillside on fire?" - Bring Your Own Brigade

I was confused, "Why is the hillside on fire?"

I am from London and the last
big fire we had there - Bring Your Own Brigade

I am from London and the last big fire we had there

I thought fire was
a medieval problem, - Bring Your Own Brigade

I thought fire was a medieval problem,

I vowed not to stop
until I got all the way - Bring Your Own Brigade

I vowed not to stop until I got all the way

MAEVE: I mean, fucking hell.
It's hot.[INDISTINCT CHATTER] - Bring Your Own Brigade

MAEVE: I mean, fucking hell. It's hot.[INDISTINCT CHATT...

LUCY: In one day,
the whole story - Bring Your Own Brigade

LUCY: In one day, the whole story

Love, loss, liberty, capitalism,
class, and crime. - Bring Your Own Brigade

Love, loss, liberty, capitalism, class, and crime.

I had expected heroism
and I found even more. - Bring Your Own Brigade

I had expected heroism and I found even more.

[MUSIC PLAYING] - Bring Your Own Brigade

[MUSIC PLAYING]

I took a quick picture of it.
It's 6:48 in the morning. - Bring Your Own Brigade

I took a quick picture of it. It's 6:48 in the morning.

It's gonna be very difficult
to access - Bring Your Own Brigade

It's gonna be very difficult to access

I go down the road
and I see a giant blowtorch - Bring Your Own Brigade

I go down the road and I see a giant blowtorch

I went on the community
Facebook page - Bring Your Own Brigade

I went on the community Facebook page

LARRY: I turned around
and looked at the window, - Bring Your Own Brigade

LARRY: I turned around and looked at the window,

My wife was in the front room
on the floor, - Bring Your Own Brigade

My wife was in the front room on the floor,

I said, "You got three minutes
or we're gonna be dead." - Bring Your Own Brigade

I said, "You got three minutes or we're gonna be d...

The neighbors were about
ten minutes behind me - Bring Your Own Brigade

The neighbors were about ten minutes behind me

MALE VOICE: - Bring Your Own Brigade

TAMARA: I went
to my patient's room - Bring Your Own Brigade

TAMARA: I went to my patient's room

And I said, "No,
just grab your baby." - Bring Your Own Brigade

And I said, "No, just grab your baby."

Two lines with bags.
I can't run. I can't even walk. - Bring Your Own Brigade

Two lines with bags. I can't run. I can't even wal...

[RADIO BEEPING]OFFICER: - Bring Your Own Brigade

[RADIO BEEPING]OFFICER:

There was a little Nissan - Bring Your Own Brigade

There was a little Nissan

They put the IV bag
and stuff on the floor. - Bring Your Own Brigade

They put the IV bag and stuff on the floor.

[RADIO BEEPING]OFFICER 2: - Bring Your Own Brigade

[RADIO BEEPING]OFFICER 2:

MARY: When I got to school,
one mother came in - Bring Your Own Brigade

MARY: When I got to school, one mother came in

She looked at me and she goes,
"Get these kids out of here. - Bring Your Own Brigade

She looked at me and she goes, "Get these kids out of h...

It's bad." And so I started
pulling the kids out to the bus. - Bring Your Own Brigade

It's bad." And so I started pulling the kids out t...

And you go to work and you think
you're gonna teach about bats. - Bring Your Own Brigade

And you go to work and you think you're gonna teach abo...

That's how quickly
you're in a...[FINGER SNAPPING] - Bring Your Own Brigade

That's how quickly you're in a...[FINGER SNAPPING]

What are you gonna grab?Take my two guns - Bring Your Own Brigade

What are you gonna grab?Take my two guns

ROBERT: Tried the car
facing the right direction - Bring Your Own Brigade

ROBERT: Tried the car facing the right direction

I decided to run
into the nearest swimming pool. - Bring Your Own Brigade

I decided to run into the nearest swimming pool.

I did a quick look behind me,
it's gone. - Bring Your Own Brigade

I did a quick look behind me, it's gone.

OPERATOR: - Bring Your Own Brigade

It's like we really have
to leave now, - Bring Your Own Brigade

It's like we really have to leave now,

She didn't think it was
an official evacuation order - Bring Your Own Brigade

She didn't think it was an official evacuation order

I just kinda panicked
like I can't convince her. - Bring Your Own Brigade

I just kinda panicked like I can't convince her.

I drove out
and I was devastated, - Bring Your Own Brigade

I drove out and I was devastated,

No one knew how fast
and how furious - Bring Your Own Brigade

No one knew how fast and how furious

OPERATOR:FEMALE VOICE: - Bring Your Own Brigade

OPERATOR:FEMALE VOICE:

There's people in the car,
"What are you doing?" - Bring Your Own Brigade

There's people in the car, "What are you doing?&qu...

They went, "We can't see." - Bring Your Own Brigade

They went, "We can't see."

I'm going, "Has nobody done
a door to door here?" - Bring Your Own Brigade

I'm going, "Has nobody done a door to door here?&q...

[SIREN BLARING] - Bring Your Own Brigade

[SIREN BLARING]

BRAD: It was coming so fast
and so strong, - Bring Your Own Brigade

BRAD: It was coming so fast and so strong,

I don't know
how I could describe it, - Bring Your Own Brigade

I don't know how I could describe it,

You know, you felt
like your face was gonna peel, - Bring Your Own Brigade

You know, you felt like your face was gonna peel,

MARY: We turn the corner - Bring Your Own Brigade

MARY: We turn the corner

The entire event
was one giant parking lot. - Bring Your Own Brigade

The entire event was one giant parking lot.

[TIRES SCREECHING] - Bring Your Own Brigade

[TIRES SCREECHING]

MALE VOICE: - Bring Your Own Brigade

BRAD: There was people
trying to push each other - Bring Your Own Brigade

BRAD: There was people trying to push each other

MALE VOICE 2: Come on, people,
let's fuck out of here.[WOMAN 2 GRUNTS] - Bring Your Own Brigade

MALE VOICE 2: Come on, people, let's fuck out of here.[...

It's a full intersection
and all directions - Bring Your Own Brigade

It's a full intersection and all directions

OFFICER: - Bring Your Own Brigade

People were just in fear,
in shock - Bring Your Own Brigade

People were just in fear, in shock

So there's a huge feeling
of helplessness, - Bring Your Own Brigade

So there's a huge feeling of helplessness,

REBECCA: I don't wanna die here.
I don't want to die. - Bring Your Own Brigade

REBECCA: I don't wanna die here. I don't want to d...

LUCY: It's hard to believe that
the Camp Fire in Paradise - Bring Your Own Brigade

LUCY: It's hard to believe that the Camp Fire in Paradi...

In southern California,
the Woolsey Fire was taking off - Bring Your Own Brigade

In southern California, the Woolsey Fire was taking off

The opposite end
of the political spectrum - Bring Your Own Brigade

The opposite end of the political spectrum

LUCY: The median home price
in Paradise...[REBECCA GASPS] - Bring Your Own Brigade

LUCY: The median home price in Paradise...[REBECCA GASPS]

[HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING] - Bring Your Own Brigade

[HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING]

It's dangerous
I mean we're out...[INDISTINCT CHATTER] - Bring Your Own Brigade

It's dangerous I mean we're out...[INDISTINCT CHAT...

We've had firefighter fatalities
in this area, - Bring Your Own Brigade

We've had firefighter fatalities in this area,

You're constantly on alert - Bring Your Own Brigade

You're constantly on alert

It's a big Rubik's Cube
and you're just trying to solve - Bring Your Own Brigade

It's a big Rubik's Cube and you're just tryin...

He's working on, dropping
retarding on my line. - Bring Your Own Brigade

He's working on, dropping retarding on my line.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER][AIRPLANE ENGINE WHIRRING] - Bring Your Own Brigade

[INDISTINCT CHATTER][AIRPLANE ENGINE WHIRRING]

My dad and I had set up
this fire system - Bring Your Own Brigade

My dad and I had set up this fire system

And so that morning, my dad
put his hand on my shoulder. - Bring Your Own Brigade

And so that morning, my dad put his hand on my shoulder.

He's all in his fear gear
and he said, "Don't leave." - Bring Your Own Brigade

He's all in his fear gear and he said, "Don't...

[CHUCKLES] We need you." - Bring Your Own Brigade

[CHUCKLES] We need you."

Bring Your Own Brigade poster

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An investigation into our landscape's hidden fire stories and on-the-ground experiences of firefighters and residents struggling through deadly fires.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Lucy Walker

Writer: Katherine Montgomery, Lucy Walker

Production: Artemis Rising,Topic Studios,XTR,Tree Tree Tree Productions,Rooftop Films,Good ‘n Proper Production

Genre: documentary

Year: 2021

MetaScore: 81/100

ImdbRating: 7.3

BoxOffice: $13,375

Released: 20 Aug 2021

Awards: 1 nomination

Homepage: https://www.bringyourownbrigade.com