Follows the deadly Australian bushfires of 2019-2020, known as ‘Black Summer’. Burning is an exploration of what happened as told from the perspective of victims of the fires, activists and scientists.
Direction
Orner lets survivors speak without exploitation.
Cinematography
Apocalyptic orange skies that no VFX could replicate.
Editing
Juxtaposes political spin against visceral ground footage.
Director
Eva Orner
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Eva Orner won an Oscar for 'Taxi to the Dark Side' — her pivot from U.S. war crimes to Australian climate crimes wasn't accidental.
The 'Black Summer' naming deliberately echoes Australia's 'Black Saturday' 2009 fires, but this disaster killed 60x more animals and received fractionally equivalent global attention.
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