Bears on the road, deer in the backyard, thick clouds of smoke from forest fires—this is all part of everyday life on the outskirts of Los Angeles, California, on a warming planet. When wildfires and extreme weather force wild animals toward human habitats, life becomes increasingly unsettling for humans and wildlife alike.
The footage in this film was shot over a period of three years at and around the filmmaker’s home in Tujunga, a suburb on the edge of the Angeles National Forest. The seemingly casual footage—much of it filmed in a diary style or originating from security cameras around the house—evokes a sense of daily life unfolding. And this sense of the everyday, combined with the dystopian scenario that is depicted, is precisely what gives the film such a piercing undertone. The feelings of guilt and futility that emerge prompt reflection on the destructive power of human presence on Earth.
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