The film is personal to Menon: everyone on the skeleton cast and crew is friends and family, the dog and the baby in the film are her own (“The baby came cheap,” quips Menon in the press notes) and the film was largely shot in Monroe,

The filmmakers lost their... Just hours before the Eaton Fire barreled through Altadena earlier this month, filmmaker Meera Menon and her husband, Paul Gleason, were in Eaton Canyon playing with ...

Just hours before the Eaton Fire barreled through Altadena earlier this month, filmmaker Meera Menon and her husband, Paul Gleason, were in Eaton Canyon playing with their 3-year-old. "We have all these pictures on our camera roll of her, just playing with ...

The filmmakers of the Midnight premiere 'Didn't Die' share their story about losing their Altadena homes in the Eaton Fire.

The US film industry's first major gathering since wildfires devastated Los Angeles began Thursday at Sundance, where stars kicked off the indie movie festival under somber circumstances. Hollywood's annual pilgrimage to the Rocky Mountains to debut the coming year's top indie films started barely two weeks after blazes killed more than two dozen people and brought the US entertainment capital to a halt.

Park City (United States) (AFP) – Driving up to the Rocky Mountains for the Sundance premiere of her new movie would be a joyful experience for Meera Menon ... Altadena was our dream, our ...

which was partly shot in the filmmakers's now-destroyed Altadena homes. "We turned the film in, and a few days later... our homes were lost," director Meera Menon told AFP. The film's producer and ...

which was partly shot in the filmmakers's now-destroyed Altadena homes. "We turned the film in, and a few days later... our homes were lost," director Meera Menon told AFP. The film's producer and editor, who lived near to Menon and her co-writer husband ...

which was partly shot in the filmmakers's now-destroyed Altadena homes. "We turned the film in, and a few days later... our homes were lost," director Meera Menon told AFP. The film's producer and ...

the first real rain of winter fell in Southern California, bringing elevated risk of floods and landslides to areas recently burned by wildfires. Jan. 27, 2025 Sam James, who grew up in Altadena ...

The two-bedroom house along East Altadena Drive was purchased by William ... Black families who were able to buy property in California and then pass down those homes through generations.”

As the Eaton fire swept through Altadena, California, Mai-Lin Graves came to a brutal realization: The victims were people she grew up with. “That’s my old elementary school teacher ...