Before the Fire
As a global pandemic engulfs Los Angeles, rising TV star Ava Boone is forced to flee the mounting chaos and return to her rural hometown. As she struggles to acclimate to a way of life she left behind long ago, her homecoming attracts a dangerous figure from her past, threatening both her and the family that serves as her only sanctuary.
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MOVIE MAKER: How Before the Fire Used Planes, a Burning House and Humvees to Reverse-Engineer the Timeliest Script of the Year
Before the Fire director Charlie Buhler and writer-star Jenna Lyng Adams didn’t have millions of dollars when they started work on their sci-fi drama, but they did have access to a few things they knew could be very cinematic — planes, Humvees, a farm, and a house that needed burning down
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ROUGH CUT CINEMA: The premiere of Charlie Buhler’s Before the Fire feels particularly ominous
With the world seemingly teetering on the verge of global pandemic, the premiere of Charlie Buhler’s Before the Fire feels particularly ominous, taking place as it does in a disease-stricken America that has just passed the tipping point and appears to be in the early stages of catastrophic free fall.
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THE MOVIE GOURMET: When sanctuary brings its own terror
In the thriller Before the Fire, this year’s Must See at Cinequest, the only escape from an apocalyptic flu pandemic is a woman’s long-estranged rural hometown – but the scary family who traumatized her childhood is there, too. Written by its female star Jenna Lyng Adams, and the first feature by its female director Charlie Buhler, this indie thriller rocks.
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AWFJ: Before The Fire’ is a dire warning
Nothing is more terrifying than a film that closely mirrors the current state of the world. Before The Fire hits a little too close to home at the moment. As a resident of New York City, COVID-19 is beginning to get seriously scary. What is your contingency plan if/when a pandemic comes to fruition? Charlie Buhler‘s directorial debut has given the world a not so far fetched scenario and we should all be afraid.
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FRAME IO: A First Feature From Two Fearless Females
“Men are allowed to have all different layers, but as women, especially young women, people are always trying to put you in a box, and it can be limiting to not just your career but also to your emotional and mental health. They’ll project onto you based on the sliver of you they’re seeing at the moment. So don’t let people define you. Don’t let yourself get stuck.”
