Ep. 907: "Wildland," a Documentary Alongside Wildland Firefighters - Revisited - Alex Jablonski
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 16 February 2023
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Originally aired on December 17, 2018
When director Alex Jablonski wanted to film wildland firefighters up close and personal, he needed to become one himself. After that, he needed to haul both his firefighting and camera equipment to be able to share a personal look into the daily lives of wildland firefighting. Listen in as Alex and I discuss what it was like to become a firefighter, be accepted by the group and ultimately witness many of the guys go from boys to men.
"Wildland" is set to release January 16, 2019. Find it near you!
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, folks, welcome to the adventure sports podcast before we jump into an overview of today's episode. Don't forget, our adventure grant is going right now. We're giving away $1,000 first place, second place $500, third place $250. If you're doing an adventure this year and you need some help with funding and gear, apply. I don't |
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| 1:00.7 | So don't wait, or if you know someone that's kind of on the fence about an adventure or |
| 1:05.0 | definitely is doing something, have them apply. |
| 1:07.7 | All right. |
| 1:08.3 | Today's episode is a throwback to 2018 when I talked to Alex |
| 1:11.9 | Jablonsky about being a wildland firefighter. Get this, he became a firefighter just so |
| 1:18.9 | that he could film a documentary about what it was like to be a firefighter. So he went through |
| 1:25.0 | all the certifications, he did all the training, him and his |
| 1:27.7 | friend, and they filmed one fire crew throughout the season to experience the highs and lows, |
| 1:33.4 | the uncertainty, the fear, the difficulty of fighting fire. It is obviously a huge problem, |
| 1:38.7 | a growing problem. And that film, we talked right before it came out it came out in January 2019 and it ended up winning two Emmys in 2019 |
| 1:50.9 | they were let's see it was outstanding cinematography and outstanding editing and it was |
| 1:59.1 | nominated I think for Best Nature documentary as well but didn't win. But still, nominated for three Emmys. It's absolutely worth your time. Check out the website for all the places you can or check out the show notes for all the places that you can see it because it's an amazing film. And I watched it back then. I'm probably going to rewatch it after this episode airs. But all right, let's go ahead and jump into |
| 2:17.7 | today's episode. |
| 2:18.9 | Hey, everybody. Welcome to the show. Today we have a pretty interesting guess. He's a filmmaker. |
| 2:36.8 | He has produced a number of films, documentaries. A lot of his stuff has been featured with clients like Tesla, Solar City, Patagonia, the Army. |
| 2:47.6 | He is a professor at USC's School of Cinematic Arts and a certified wildland firefighter. |
| 2:55.0 | Welcome to the show, Alex Jablonsky. |
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