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Before the Fire

Directed by Charlie Buhler

When a pandemic hits Los Angeles, a young star starlet is forced to flee the city and return to her rural hometown. But as the community prepares for the worst, she soon discovers that facing her past will prove as dangerous as the encroaching virus.

  • ABOUT
  • BIO
  • CREDITS

Genre

Synopsis

Deep in the throes of a global pandemic, up and coming starlet, Ava Boone, is forced to flee the mounting chaos in Los Angeles and return to her rural hometown. But as she struggles to acclimate to a way of life she left behind long ago, her homecoming attracts a dangerous figure from her past, threatening not only Ava, but also the family and farm that serve as her only sanctuary.

Bio

Born in South Dakota to an African American mother and caucasian father, director/ photographer Charlie Buhler strives to infuse her inherently multicultural point of view into all of her work. She is especially interested in using her unique perspective to normalize and bring nuance to experiences and narratives that rarely make it on screen: particularly those of women and people of color. Charlie recently completed her first feature “Before the Fire, and is in post production on her new documentary, “Rosebud”, which follows the lives of 3 Native American hip-hop artists on the reservation in South Dakota. Her clients include: Target, Google, Calvin Klein, The New York Times and more

Credits

Director - Charlie Buhler

Writer - Jenna Lyng Adams

Director of Photography - Drew Bienemann

Actor - Jenna Lyng Adams

Actor - J Karmi