All Its Name Implies (2020) User Reviews

So 2020......... PUKE

[reellycynical · 1/10 · 2 November 2020]

Every single review on this has 10 Stars?

I love this one, "I could be biased because I'm a Camp Fire survivor".... ya think?

If you guys want to get in a circle and sing Kum-By-Ya,... knock yourself out. - but this is NOT what you make a movie about.

10 Stars? Not even close.

The importance of local story telling

[whereamiatnow · 10/10 · 27 April 2020]

I don't know how many documentaries there are on the Camp Fire. I do know a vast majority of them are made by production crews that first time in Paradise was just after the fire. It is important that we celebrate local storytellers. "All Its Name Implies" was made for and by Paradisians. This is not some commercial enterprise to gain accolade and personal profit, it is healing a community through art. For a community to heal and rebuild itself the process needs to be owned by the community. We see it at all levels, the outside expert coming in to implement their idea of what is right. What if those outside experts came in and asked, how can I help?

When asked, "How do you tell a good story?" You first make sure it is your story to tell. This film is a good story.

Wow!

[bkcjohns-23-820187 · 10/10 · 6 April 2020]

My family lost 3 homes in the campfire. I moved to Paradise in the early 80's from SoCal. We had family there already so we would visit there 2 times a year as I grew up in the 70's. This documentary was very well done. Got to a lot of the heart of Paradise. I highly recommend. I cried many times ( I'm not a big crier) I highly recommend this

P-Town

[gmuzi · 10/10 · 12 November 2020]

Ev you did a great job. Was hard to watch but at the same time a pleasure. As a former Paradisean I love how you captured the tragedy of the fire but also the will and strength of Paradise folk. That town helped sculp all of us and I am so proud of how you represented that. Shout out to Richie and Savanah, there brave kids and everyone who survived and are helping rebuild. I look forward to my next visit the the dice town and bringing my kids to the town that made there dad who he is. "G" hahaha

Paradise is All it's name implies!

[tamrafisher · 10/10 · 27 April 2020]

Watching this film helps you understand how special Paradise is. It may not look the same but the resilience is amazing.. the sounds are even different. More wildlife has emerged since the fire and it is peaceful. The movie shows how much Paradise was/is loved! Thank you for such a great piece to watch!

A Beautiful, touching tribute to Paradise.

[peenkstarz · 10/10 · 3 November 2020]

This documentary was very beautifully done and was obviously made FOR the survivors of the Camp Fire. It was personal, emotional and beautifully executed. Clearly a lot of care went into this film. It showed different perspectives of the survivors, from those who lost their homes and the very few that did not. It was a beautiful tribute to the strength of a community and how quickly life can change forever.

By Paradise, for Paradise.

[mokimberly · 10/10 · 10 May 2020]

This is an exceptional work that was masterfully crafted by a homegrown. The background, event, and future outlook were spot on. Inspiring and terrifying, hopeful and optimistic; these are the adjectives that this film invokes...

Perfectly Paradise!

[bug311 · 10/10 · 27 April 2020]

I could be biased because I'm a Camp Fire survivor, but this documentary is amazing. I've watched every other documentary and show that has come out since the fire in November 2018. They're good, but this one is the real deal. The filmmakers captured the true heart of Paradise. The town of Paradise is an immensely special place and this documentary illustrates clearly what makes Paradise all its name implies. I highly recommend this film!

Amazing telling of a small towns resilience!

[framzit23 · 10/10 · 27 April 2020]

This film accurately conveys the heartbreak and pain that the small town of paradise went through. It also shows how strong and resilient the survivors of the 2018 Camp Wildfire are. The film made me laugh and cry as it told our story!

Documentary about Paradise CA fire has a lot to tell us about surviving traumatic loss

[anne-m-hudson · 10/10 · 9 December 2022]

On November 8, 2018, the Camp Fire roared into Paradise, California, and burned 95 percent of its structures to rubble. Homes, schools, businesses, the hospital--were gone. This catastrophe ripped the fabric of the community to shreds.

All Its Name Implies is a documentary made by Paradise resident Ev Duran, and it feels like a home movie in a great sense of that term. It's his home, his famiy, his community he's making a movie about. It includes a cell phone video made by a man who stayed at his house whie it burned down; footage of the evacuation from inside one of the cars, including screams from fleeing residents who feared they would die; interviews with residents recounting their first sighting of the fire in Concow and how they responded; interviews with the owner and an employee of popular Paradise coffee shop Juice and Java.

The interview with the psychologist (one of the filmmaker's cousins) about post-traumatic stress disorder gives the documentary its throughline. He says that some people want to avoid being reminded of a traumatic loss and avoid "triggers," sometimes to the point of not being able to leave the house. Others deal with it by remembering it and seeking support, and those people fare better. Social support helps them recover. By validating people's experience with the Camp Fire, this documentary provides some of that support.

Paradise may never be able to go back to what it was, but the strong sense of community on display in this film gives us hope that they can build a new Paradise on the ashes of the old.