ASU filmmaker highlights lifesaving work during a Phoenix heat crisis (opens in new tab)

A new documentary by an Arizona State University filmmaker captures the frantic moment when medics bring a man back from the brink of death with a low-tech lifesaving measure.“A New Inferno,” a 16-minute film by Nita Blum-Reddick, follows a crew from the Phoenix Fire Department as they race to treat people suffering from heat stroke during the brutally hot summer of 2025.