A new documentary about last year’s devastating wildfire in Lytton is focusing on local residents and their ongoing struggles after watching their community burn to the ground.

Vancouver director Martin Glegg and producer Nina Sidorczuk are using the 20-minute film called Home to tell the story of three people from the razed village.

Sidorczuk, who is herself a Lyttonite, says for many people, the wound is still too fresh to talk about.

“There were a lot of people that this fire has affected and many of those people are still going through their trauma and are unable to speak of their stories, ” Sidorczuk, who is a Lyttonite herself said, on the NL Morning News.

“We found a few people that were willing to be on camera and share their story with the world and we’re very grateful to have the opportunity to sit down with them and interview them.”

Glegg says a number of people don’t realize that Lyttonites didn’t just lose their homes on June 30 last year, they lost their community. He tells NL News the goal was to make a unique film that stood out from other documentaries.

“There are people living in motels in Merritt and hotels in Kamloops who are still waiting to come back home but we’re also telling the stories of kind of young people from the community have come back to help with the rebuild,” he said.

“So, we’re trying to tell the story from different perspectives to kind of show what’s going on in Lytton right now.”

Glegg is appealing for public support as he launched a fundraiser to cover the costs of a celebration this Friday, May 13, which is aimed at reuniting Lytton residents together again.

The documentary, which is being co-produced with The Guardian, is set to be released in July.