By Julie Hinds
Detroit Free Press
DETROIT — In a trailer for the upcoming documentary “Burn,” a veteran firefighter says something that sears into the audience’s memory. “I wish my head could forget what my eyes have seen in 32 years of firefighting,” says Dave Parnell, a Detroit firefighting veteran who knows what it’s like on the front lines of what the movie calls the battle to save Detroit.
The gripping 10-minute trailer went viral on the Web last summer. It was shot before the filmmakers had the money to begin the actual movie. It was posted after cable networks and film companies had told them confidently that their project would never get made.
Now, directing-producing partners Tom Putnam and Brenna Sanchez are waiting for the finishing post-production touches and continuing to raise money for the 90-minute documentary. The plan is to have “Burn” ready by spring for film festivals.
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