The Fire Next Time will be shown Tuesday at 10pm on KQED

The Fire Next Time, a film about town is torn apart by a struggle over land use, development, and the environment will be shown tonight on KQED, Channel 9, at 10pm as part of the P.O.V. series.

The following description is from Coastsider’s story about this film’s appearance on the Coastside on Saturday night:

What would you do if the place you loved was changing so rapidly that the fabric of town life began unraveling before your eyes?  In Kalispell, Montana, disagreements about growth, race and land use led to fervent conflict.  The resulting high-stakes battle over developmental and environmental issues may sound familiar to many of us here on the San Mateo coast

Tensions in Kalispell were further exacerbated by a conservative talk show host who took to the air to stridently express his point of view and to suggest what action needed to be taken.  What would you do if this were your town?  What kind of ending would you make to this story?  That is for each of us to decide.