House on Fire

TV-PG | Documentary | 1 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 culture, identity, and the true value of material possessions.

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Season 1

Episode 1

Happy Valley

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.

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Episode 2

Dignity Village & Kenton Women's Village

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.

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Episode 3

Woodburn

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.

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Episode 4

The Gorge

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

Director: Reed Harkness, Heather Hawksford
Executive Producer: Ryan Chanatry, Anna Holmes
Supervising Producer: Jennie Bedusa, Mahalia Cohen
Producer: Reed Harkness, Heather Hawksford