2026 Boulder ENOFF: BURN, SCAR

[BUY TICKETS HERE](https://tickets.thedairy.org/dairyartscenter/website/EventDetails.aspx?WebEventId=BENOFFBurnScar) Director Hillary Bachelder and Camille Stevens-Rumann, Colorado Forest Restoration Institute will join us for a discussion Prescribed fire– the practice of setting small burns to clear ecosystems of overgrowth– is a critical tool for climate resiliency and forest health. But in 2022, a burn set by the U.S. Forest Service in the mountains of northern New Mexico escaped its firelines and spiraled out of control to become the largest wildfire in the state’s history. Weaving together both sides of the story – the locals impacted by the fire and struggling to rebuild, alongside the Forest Service’s efforts to resume stewardship of the land following their tragic misstep – “burn, scar” is a personal and nuanced story of resilience, resistance, and our enduring connection to the land and each other. ### ## Directed by: Hillary Bachelder ## Length: 90 mins Hillary Bachelder is an award-winning documentary director, cinematographer, and editor based in Taos, New Mexico Originally from Farmingdale, Maine, Hillary began her career with the renowned documentary company Kartemquin Films in Chicago, earning credits on over a dozen critically acclaimed films and series including the Emmy-award-winning *Trials of Muhammad Ali* and Oscar-nominated *Minding the Gap*. After founding Backbone Films in 2016, Hillary went on to earn cinematography credits on films such as *The Dilemma of Desire*, which premiered at South by Southwest in 2020, Frontline’s *American Voices: A Nation in Turmoil*, and the award-winning *Any Given Day*. Her editing work includes Frontline’s Emmy and Peabody-nominee *American Reckoning*, National Geographic’s Emmy-award-winning *The Flagmakers*, and an Edward R Murrow award-winning New York Times collaboration. Hillary is the director, cinematographer, and editor of the critically-acclaimed feature documentary…