A Fire Destroyed My Town Senior Year | KQED Truly CA

After the most destructive fire in California history destroys the town of Paradise, senior year takes on added meaning for students Harmony and Kody and their beloved teacher, Mrs. Partain. As the end of school approaches, these displaced teens grapple with typical coming of age challenges -struggling to stay motivated in class, fighting to be heard, asserting newfound independence, and deciding what to do after graduation. But these moments of ordinary teen life are routinely disrupted by jarring reminders that they have lived through one of the greatest disasters in their country’s history. Told from the perspective of America's youngest climate refugees, Last Days at Paradise High is an intimate portrait of fading youth and the search for a home after it's gone.
A film by Emily Thomas and Derek Knowles
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