The Recovery Will Not Be Televised

On this podcast, "Conversation Live: Altadena Rising" with James Farr, Andre Barnwell joins the conversation. A writer, producer, director, and fire survivor still displaced from his home, Barnwell is shaping a TV drama rooted in Altadena. Youth voices at the center. Local crews behind the camera. Production dollars are flowing back into the foothills.

But Hollywood already moved. Kenya Barris, Mike Epps, BET Studios, and CBS green-lit a sitcom with the Altadena Eaton Canyon Fire as a backdrop. Too soon? Too far removed? The Recovery Will Not Be Televised — Or Should It?