About th is event
Join us for a conversation with Ch ristopher Allen Smith, an Emmy-Award Winning documentarian, who lived in Pa radise, California with his family until the Camp Fire consumed his home in November 2018.
Since then, he has been conducting interviews and research into the history of the fire as well as the lessons taken by first responders, civilians, government offic ials, and private disaster planners, to produce film and writing projects b ased on those lessons. Smith also acted as a Field Producer for Ron Howard’ s REBUILDING PARADISE as well as the writer/director of the PBS broadcast d ocumentary A HIGH AND AWFUL PRICE: LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE CAMP FIRE.
In this webinar we will talk to Chr is about his experience, the lessons he learned from the disaster, and his lessons learned for others that he is documenting in an exclusive column wi th Homeland Security Today.
We present this series to bring a voice to the victims of disaster and add som e personal texture and experience to the impact of disasters, terrorism, an d other tragic acts of violence.
For teaser about his film, please click here
See episode 1 of A High and Awful Price: Lessons Learned f rom the Camp Fire here< /p>
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Organ izer of The Paradise, Calif., Camp Fire: A Survivor Speaks (and Films) the Lessons