‘We Burn Like This’

Director Alana Waksman

"We Burn Like This" | Credit: Courtesy

Fri Apr 02, 2021 | 03:04pm

Macro- and micro-aggressions against Indigenous and Jewish people pop up throughout this dramatic feature about a young woman trying to find herself in Billings and Butte, Montana. Partying and parenting issues form the moral backdrop, with troubling revelations emerging by the end. 

Filmmaker Alana Waksman recently answered some questions via email.

How did you develop this story? 

This film has been a six-plus-year process. I made a short film called Cheyenne Is Burning when I was in the graduate production program at USC School of Cinematic Arts. I decided I wanted to expand it into a feature film. 

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