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UPDATED with video: 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…

EXCLUSIVE:  With the West Coast still threatened daily by raging wildfires, an Oscar-contending documentary is planning to try to help the cause. National Geographic Documentary Films said today that the commercial-free broadcast premiere of Rebuilding Paradise, from director Ron Howard and Imagine Documentaries, will…

“Rebuilding Paradise” initially felt too optimistic of a title for a documentary about the devastating 2018 Camp Fire, Ron Howard said about his new film. The National Geographic title features devastating first-hand footage of the violent wildfire ripping through the Butte County town and emphasizes the immense…

The disastrous wildfire that virtually destroyed the picturesque Northern California town of Paradise in November 2018 is an ongoing tragedy beyond human imagination. With 85 dead, 50,000 people displaced and 95% of the town’s structures completely burned down, it became the worst U.S. fire in at least a hundred…

Two years ago, Oscar-winning director Ron Howard watched on in dismay, as devastating wildfires ravaged the town of Paradise, California. Examining this tragedy, and the effort to rebuild the community in its wake, with his documentary Rebuilding Paradise, Howard was drawn to this story initially due to the…