Rebuilding
First screened in January 2026
Director: Max Walker-Silverman. Cast: Josh O'Connor, Lily LaTorre, Meghann Fahy, Amy Madigan, Kali Reis, Dwight Mondragon, Taresa Ott Beiriger, Zeilyanna Martinez, Nancy Morlan, David Bright, Kathy Rose, Jeanine London, Jefferson Mays, Jules Reid, Sam Engbring. Screenplay: Max Walker-Silverman.
In Brief:
Works best as a Nomadland-ish study of social ecology among fire refugees in FEMA camps. Family scenes vague. Weak end.
VOR:③
Lives, emotions, and improvised communities among the displaced merit more attention on film. Valuable images, too, of post-blaze U.S. landscapes.
