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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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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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Usually, I have superintendents
that are driving around with me - Bring Your Own Brigade

Usually, I have superintendents that are driving around with...

And yet again,
two years in a row, - Bring Your Own Brigade

And yet again, two years in a row,

[HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING] - Bring Your Own Brigade

[HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING]

Either I send helicopters there
to save that one - Bring Your Own Brigade

Either I send helicopters there to save that one

You're left making
shitty decisions, you know, - Bring Your Own Brigade

You're left making shitty decisions, you know,

MALE VOICE: No fire engines.
Fire everywhere. - Bring Your Own Brigade

MALE VOICE: No fire engines. Fire everywhere.

MALE VOICE 2: - Bring Your Own Brigade

And I said, "Why?" - Bring Your Own Brigade

And I said, "Why?"

The idea was I would be inside
and he would be outside. - Bring Your Own Brigade

The idea was I would be inside and he would be outside.

As you can see
a 50,000 gallon pool - Bring Your Own Brigade

As you can see a 50,000 gallon pool

But there was so much material
in the pool, the siphon clogged. - Bring Your Own Brigade

But there was so much material in the pool, the siphon clogg...

THOR: We got a minute or two
over on this side - Bring Your Own Brigade

THOR: We got a minute or two over on this side

This whole row, - Bring Your Own Brigade

This whole row,

CRAIG: It pulled us off
with our feet towards it - Bring Your Own Brigade

CRAIG: It pulled us off with our feet towards it

I just felt my legs going.
You know, like I'm out, I'm out. - Bring Your Own Brigade

I just felt my legs going. You know, like I'm out, I�...

Watching the second floor fall
onto the first floor. - Bring Your Own Brigade

Watching the second floor fall onto the first floor.

There was like kind of a thing
around here that - Bring Your Own Brigade

There was like kind of a thing around here that

The big second wave
came through and I was like - Bring Your Own Brigade

The big second wave came through and I was like

Get behind the fucking house.
Get behind the house! - Bring Your Own Brigade

Get behind the fucking house. Get behind the house!

MARSHALL:
I am a professional cyclist, - Bring Your Own Brigade

MARSHALL: I am a professional cyclist,

My friend looked at me
and he's like, - Bring Your Own Brigade

My friend looked at me and he's like,

We need to leave."
He's like, "You're gonna die." - Bring Your Own Brigade

We need to leave." He's like, "You're go...

[CHUCKLES][MUSIC PLAYING] - Bring Your Own Brigade

[CHUCKLES][MUSIC PLAYING]

SEAN: I started seeing people
coming down the Skyway - Bring Your Own Brigade

SEAN: I started seeing people coming down the Skyway

"Just keep going down the hill.
Go into the Walgreen, - Bring Your Own Brigade

"Just keep going down the hill. Go into the Walgreen,

SEAN: And to be honest,
I wasn't convinced - Bring Your Own Brigade

SEAN: And to be honest, I wasn't convinced

Once I pull these guys
off protecting this building, - Bring Your Own Brigade

Once I pull these guys off protecting this building,

I think we ended up with like
a hundred people in there - Bring Your Own Brigade

I think we ended up with like a hundred people in there

[SIREN BLARING] - Bring Your Own Brigade

[SIREN BLARING]

[EXPLOSION] - Bring Your Own Brigade

Everyone has ammunition
and it sounded like a war zone. - Bring Your Own Brigade

Everyone has ammunition and it sounded like a war zone.

Grown men holding
their children's hands - Bring Your Own Brigade

Grown men holding their children's hands

But you gotta cut it out
and you have to cut it out - Bring Your Own Brigade

But you gotta cut it out and you have to cut it out

MALE VOICE 2: - Bring Your Own Brigade

FEMALE VOICE: - Bring Your Own Brigade

Looking back, you know
why they were screaming. - Bring Your Own Brigade

Looking back, you know why they were screaming.

I saw people being burned alive
in their cars, trailers, - Bring Your Own Brigade

I saw people being burned alive in their cars, trailers,

Skeletons.
That's all that was left. - Bring Your Own Brigade

Skeletons. That's all that was left.

FEMALE VOICE: Somebody, help![CAR HORN HONKING] - Bring Your Own Brigade

FEMALE VOICE: Somebody, help![CAR HORN HONKING]

The baby's hot. I dumped
a little water on him - Bring Your Own Brigade

The baby's hot. I dumped a little water on him

[SOBBING] - Bring Your Own Brigade

ALLYN: My car is being burned
and I saw the side-mirror - Bring Your Own Brigade

ALLYN: My car is being burned and I saw the side-mirror

That's when I thought
like it's over. - Bring Your Own Brigade

That's when I thought like it's over.

I wrote my wife and said,
"I just want you guys to know - Bring Your Own Brigade

I wrote my wife and said, "I just want you guys to know

FEMALE VOICE: - Bring Your Own Brigade

OPERATOR: - Bring Your Own Brigade

The cars on left side
of the road - Bring Your Own Brigade

The cars on left side of the road

MALE VOICE:OFFICER: - Bring Your Own Brigade

MALE VOICE:OFFICER:

Almost every vehicle
on that road - Bring Your Own Brigade

Almost every vehicle on that road

JOE: The heat broke
the windows of my dozer - Bring Your Own Brigade

JOE: The heat broke the windows of my dozer

I don't believe
I could've let myself stand back - Bring Your Own Brigade

I don't believe I could've let myself stand back

I was perfectly willing
to move forward and risk myself - Bring Your Own Brigade

I was perfectly willing to move forward and risk myself

Right around that time like - Bring Your Own Brigade

Right around that time like

[HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING] - Bring Your Own Brigade

[HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING]

28, 29 hours, 30 hours,
something like that. - Bring Your Own Brigade

28, 29 hours, 30 hours, something like that.

If you're sleeping
behind the curb - Bring Your Own Brigade

If you're sleeping behind the curb

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]Oh, I'm so sorry, horses. - Bring Your Own Brigade

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]Oh, I'm so sorry, horses.

[MUSIC PLAYING] - Bring Your Own Brigade

[MUSIC PLAYING]

It was so anxious-ridden
and we knew the fire - Bring Your Own Brigade

It was so anxious-ridden and we knew the fire

The name of the little
surf crew down here. - Bring Your Own Brigade

The name of the little surf crew down here.

And to be completely honest
I have no fucking idea - Bring Your Own Brigade

And to be completely honest I have no fucking idea

So we will spend two
or three days there - Bring Your Own Brigade

So we will spend two or three days there

So two of those Indians made
friends with the people - Bring Your Own Brigade

So two of those Indians made friends with the people

To where the fatalities are,
so that they're not looking - Bring Your Own Brigade

To where the fatalities are, so that they're not lookin...

STACY: I mean, the first words
out of his mouth were, - Bring Your Own Brigade

STACY: I mean, the first words out of his mouth were,

But I can you tell today
for sure - Bring Your Own Brigade

But I can you tell today for sure

[INDISTINCT CHATTER] - Bring Your Own Brigade

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[LAUGHS] - Bring Your Own Brigade

This house,
my grandma and grandpa, - Bring Your Own Brigade

This house, my grandma and grandpa,

"May all who enter enjoy
its warmth - Bring Your Own Brigade

"May all who enter enjoy its warmth

And when we had to leave
and left him there, - Bring Your Own Brigade

And when we had to leave and left him there,

It's everything to have
my kids here - Bring Your Own Brigade

It's everything to have my kids here

[LAUGHS][LAUGHS] - Bring Your Own Brigade

[LAUGHS][LAUGHS]

And it was just skipping
down the hill - Bring Your Own Brigade

And it was just skipping down the hill

RICK: The fire behavior
up in the canyons - Bring Your Own Brigade

RICK: The fire behavior up in the canyons

[SIGHS] Yes, this is great. - Bring Your Own Brigade

[SIGHS] Yes, this is great.

I've seen a few fires like that, - Bring Your Own Brigade

I've seen a few fires like that,

You know, I look and say,
"Oh, what if that whole canyon - Bring Your Own Brigade

You know, I look and say, "Oh, what if that whole canyo...

So the amount of energy
that was released - Bring Your Own Brigade

So the amount of energy that was released

It was horrific.
And if you're in the wrong place - Bring Your Own Brigade

It was horrific. And if you're in the wrong place

And the fact that more people
didn't die in this - Bring Your Own Brigade

And the fact that more people didn't die in this

So that's my mayor side talking.
The evacuation effort worked. - Bring Your Own Brigade

So that's my mayor side talking. The evacuation effort ...

[CAR ENGINE REVVING] - Bring Your Own Brigade

[CAR ENGINE REVVING]

[MUSIC PLAYING] - Bring Your Own Brigade

[MUSIC PLAYING]

I need just something...[MUSIC PLAYING] - Bring Your Own Brigade

I need just something...[MUSIC PLAYING]

SEAN: People were unable
to escape that fire - Bring Your Own Brigade

SEAN: People were unable to escape that fire

It's difficult to motivate them
to sift through the remains - Bring Your Own Brigade

It's difficult to motivate them to sift through the rem...

[MUSIC PLAYING] - Bring Your Own Brigade

[MUSIC PLAYING]

The couch would have been
that way, not this way. - Bring Your Own Brigade

The couch would have been that way, not this way.

I didn't even get to say
that I loved her. - Bring Your Own Brigade

I didn't even get to say that I loved her.

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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