When flames appeared on a hillside near her home in Pacific Palisades last week, documentary filmmaker Tracy Droz Tragos knew to get out fast.
She had witnessed firsthand the catastrophic force of a wildfire while working on the documentary Rebuilding Paradise, about the terrifying Camp Fire that razed Paradise, CA in 2018.
She escaped with her family and dogs. Tragically, as for so many others in the Palisades, Altadena and other areas of Los Angeles, she lost her home and the precious, irreplaceable memories it contained.
The wildfires have severely impacted many in the documentary community for whom Southern California is home. As directors, producers, writers, editors and others in the field take the first tentative steps to process this devastating experience, we asked Droz Tragos if she might be willing to join the Doc Talk podcast.
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