All the walls came down
When award-winning filmmaker Ondi Timoner left her Altadena, CA home for a shoot on January 4th, 2025, she could not have predicted that she would be leaving it for the last time. “ALL THE WALLS CAME DOWN” shares a deeply personal story in the aftermath of the 2025 LA fires, as Ondi turns the camera on her community ravaged by climate catastrophe and finds Altadena's remarkable resilience which rallies in its wake.
Filmmakers
DIRECTORS:
Ondi Timoner
PRODUCERS:
Ondi Timoner
Eli O. Timoner
Maggie Contreras
Themes
Climate Change
Racial Divide
Wildfires
Power of Community
Impact + Reach
Premiered at the Telluride Film Festival.
Shortlisted for Academy Awards.
Distributed by LA Times Studios.
Raised tens of thousands of dollars for non-profits, saving families in Altadena from losing their generational land.
Screenings catalyzed communities affected by the fires to share their grief, trade strategies for recovery and find neighbors they never knew they had.
