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Sundance 2025: Filmmakers Who Lost Homes In L.A. Wildfires Share Their Stories As They Land In Park City
Four filmmakers whose movie Don't Die will debut at the Sundance Film Festival lost their homes to the wildfire in Altadena.
Meera Menon directed a film in which a young podcast host clings to her ever-shrinking audience in a zombie apocalypse, with overriding themes that sprang from Covid and the double strikes, about how human nature and a sense of humor is sometimes all we as we try to overcome loss and carry on. Some of the crowd flying from Los Angeles into Park City ahead of Thursday’s opening day either lost their homes or just returned to them after evacuating, and those not directly impacted worry about what the air quality will be like for their families, or what havoc more Santa Ana winds might bring. “I did that both because it’s a lot of fun, but also to find stability in my life and actually be able to earn a living and buy a home and have a child and do the things I wanted to have that anchor point in the world that felt safe and secure,” said Menon, whose TV work includes directing segments of The Walking Dead and its spinoffs.
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