Veteran documentary filmmaker Ondi Timoner and her wife, Morgan Doctor, were working on a film in Budapest when they got a phone call informing them their home in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Altadena had burned to the ground in the Eaton Fire. It was Jan. 7, 2025.

Timoner, known for docus like “DIG!,” “We Live in Public,” “Last Flight Home” and most recently “All God’s Children” had lived in the home for 14 years. The director lost all of her physical possessions, including her film equipment and hard drives containing footage from past films, as well as cash, jewelry, valuable paintings and her son’s artwork. But despite the traumatic loss, when Timoner returned to LA she decided to film her and Doctor’s return to their nonexistent dwelling. The director teamed with producer Maggie

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