‘Rebuilding Paradise’ Director Ron Howard On Lessons To Learn From Devastating California Wildfire – Contenders Documentary
The California town of Paradise was home to about 26,000 people in November 2018 when a catastrophic wildfire reduced most of the town to ash. Ron Howard’s National Geographic documentary Rebuilding Paradise begins with footage of the community in flames. “That opening sequence is far more harrowing than anything I’ve ever staged as a director…