Incarcerated women join a band of volunteers who battle forest fires and assist during natural disasters.
Acting
Q'orianka Kilcher's raw, wounded vulnerability.
Direction
Darnell Martin finds poetry in fire training montages.
Practical Effects
Real firefighter training footage adds documentary texture.
Director
Darnell Martin
Cuba Gooding Jr.
DJ
Q'orianka Kilcher
Caroline
DeWanda Wise
Terry Easle
Sianoa Smit-McPhee
Tammy
Emily Tremaine
Amy Scott
Diany Rodriguez
Oketa
Maria Howell
Mrs. Easle
Steve Coulter
Mr. Scott
Bruce McKinnon
Capt. Michael Kelly
Julie Ivey
Adrienne Carter (CO)
Matthew Brady
CO on Bus (as Matt Brady)
Nicky Buggs
Melanie Johnson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
One of few films exploring California's actual female inmate firefighter program, predating 2019's renewed attention to their exploitative $1/day wages.
Darnell Martin (I Like It Like That) directed this between prestige TV gigs — her eye for working-class women's interior lives elevates the Lifetime format.
US
