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House on Fire

United StatesDocumentaryTV-PG1 Season | 4 Episodes

To us they’re mundane objects, but to them they’re priceless. House on Fire asks individuals to save one thing if their house were ablaze. The items they choose tell entire stories about cul

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4 Episodes

Happy Valley, OR is a storybook upper middle-class suburb known for being safe. Here residents reflect on the importance of maintaining that sense of safety through their material possessions.

Dignity Village & Kenton Women's Village

S1 | E2

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13 Mins

Dignity Village and Kenton Women's Village, OR are self-run communities for previously homeless people. Being homeless has given some residents a uniquely profound perspective on material possessions.

Woodburn, OR is an agricultural town with a large Latinx population. In this episode, residents choose items that tell their immigrant stories and seemingly banal objects that they can’t live without.

Cascade Locks, OR is a scenic town that was narrowly saved from a forest fire in 2017. This episode explores how almost losing everything changes one’s relationship to property and possessions.

Credits

Directors

Reed Harkness, Heather Hawksford

Producers

Reed Harkness, Heather Hawksford

Executive Producers

Ryan Chanatry, Anna Holmes