Poster for the documentary film 'ELEMENTAL: REIMAGINE WILDFIRE' showing a burning mountain landscape with smoke and fire, with the text overlaid, including a quote from Dr. Jack Cohen, and credits at the bottom.

Trip Jennings

A man with a beard and short hair taking a selfie next to a tree in a forested area with lush green trees in the background. He is smiling and wearing outdoor climbing or safety gear.

Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire

As fire seasons grow longer, more destructive, and more deadly, it is clear that our approach to reducing wildfire risk is failing. This film brings cutting-edge science and indigenous knowledge into focus. It forces us, from city dwellers to seasoned fire professionals to rural citizens, to question what we believe and offers a science-based way forward to live and thrive with fire.

August 23, 2024
9-10 PM

LaGuardia Performing Arts Center
Little Theater
Van Dam Street and 47th Avenue

Trip Jennings is a filmmaker, adventurer, exploration kayaker, and conservationist. As a National Geographic Explorer, he has traveled the world to cover environmental issues and lead research expeditions in places like the Congo, Papua New Guinea, and the Amazon. He is a cinematographer of Hunting the Helmeted Hornbill (Mountainfilm 2019). He also produced Spoil (Mountainfilm 2011) and Flathead Wild (2010).

Nighttime image of a wildfire on a mountain, with flames and smoke rising, illuminated by the fire's glow. The sky is partly cloudy with visible stars, and fog is present near the ground. Foreground shows trees and vegetation.
A young owl perched on a tree branch among green pine needles in a forest.
A house on fire with flames and smoke coming from the exterior wall and roof, flames spreading across the front porch, at night.
Three baby birds sitting in a nest on a tree branch with a background of green and blue sky.
A mountain landscape with pine trees, mist, and rolling hills under a clear sky.
A firefighter in a yellow jacket and blue helmet working to extinguish a small fire on dry grass with a group of firefighters in the background, surrounded by trees.
A wildfire burning on a forested hillside with smoke rising into the sky, near a river, with mountains in the background and clear blue skies.
A fire safety training simulation inside a large industrial warehouse shows a house model with a fire coming out of a pipe on the left side, with sparks and smoke around. Firefighters are in the background observing, and there are equipment and scaffolding around.
A black bear walking in a forest with tall trees and green foliage.