Date and Time
Sun, November 5, 2023
@ 6:10pm
Location
Regal LA Live: Theater 13
WOMEN IN FIRE, they rappel out of helicopters into burning hell to protect our forests, our wildlife, our future. But who protects them? This is the story of Abby Bolt, a former Rodeo Queen and single mom who climbed the ranks to Battalion Chief of an elite team of firefighters for the U.S. Forest Service. In 2012, this incredibly brave 22-year-veteran was sexually assaulted and raped by a fellow firefighter. But the assault didn’t stop there. She subsequently filed a police report and found she was now a pariah within her own ranks. Unsupported. Unappreciated. And unsafe. WOMEN IN FIRE is the story of this one woman's battle against a monolithic foe. It begins to reveal the drastic dysfunction and gender discrimination that exists within the U.S. Forest Service, an organization whose firefighting members must rely on teamwork, support, and unconditional dependability to survive. To females in the U.S. Forest Service, the fight doesn’t end with the fire.
Genre: Documentary
Running Time: 1 hr 5 min
Directed by: Deborah Attoinese
About the Director(s)
Deborah Attoinese is an award winning director, producer and writer. Originally from New York Deborah she began her career has a self-taught fashion photographer. Her signature style has appeared in the pages of Conde Nast Publications, The Sunday NY Times, Details Magazine and more. Selected by BackStage as one of NYC's fashion photographers to watch as they transitioned into directing she relocated to Los Angeles when her first short film garnered the attention of Propaganda Films. Deborah relocated to Los Angeles where she wrote and directed her first full-length feature film "Zoe" with co-writer Amy Dawes. Her most recent award winning short films include "Girl Knight" and "Snail" along with her full length documentary "On Directing" which features filmmaker's Agnes Varda and Wim Wenders and available on Fandor.com. After a successful Seed & Spark campaign in 2018 Deborah raised funding to begin shooting WOMEN AND FIRE a documentary that focuses on the fierce female firefighters behind the decades of sexual harassment and gender discrimination within the U.S.A. Forest Service. Passionate about the power of story and how it connects us to each other Deborah is also in development on two limited episodic series; "Lady Liberty" and "Welcome to Concrete".
Film Info
| Trailer: | https://vimeo.com/870867286/4367840cb6 |
| Release Year: | 2023 |
| Country: | United States |
Cast & Credits
| Cast: | Abby Bolt, Lacey England, Sarah Martin |
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