"Bring Your Own Brigade" Director Lucy Walker on "The Takeout"
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In her latest documentary film "Bring Your Own Brigade," Oscar-nominated director Lucy Walker investigates the causes of recent wildfires across California and the U.S. and also sets out to help the audience understand what these raging fires feel like from the perspective of the firefighters.
Shooting in 2018, as the Thomas Fire raged across California, Walker and her crew follow both firefighters and homeowners battling to save their properties from the onslaught of wildfires in the state. "I'm a Brit. I lived in New York and I moved to California. And I was confused when I saw these fires. I thought, why can't we just put them out and that kind of curiosity. I knew there was more to it, because if we could put them out, we'd be putting them out," Walker told CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett in this week's episode of "The Takeout" podcast. "Eventually I thought, gosh, that it better be me making it because no one else seems to be doing it."
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