A suburban firefighter’s labor union finds itself under a different kind of fire when the Village Mayor announces he’s privatizing their department to save money. What results is a five year long legal battle with the potential to change labor law for the entire country.

Director Biography

Colin, born a Chicagoan, has worked on multiple internationally recognized films over the course of the last few years. He was the editor of Hominidae (2020), a short film that premiered at Sundance Film Festival. As a director Colin has had critical success with his short film Clarity which took home an honorable mention at the 2015 After Hours Film Festival. Fire Department, Inc. is his first feature film in the director's chair. After studying Film & Television Production at DePaul University, Colin went on to work for Light Iron, a Panavision Company. There he worked for a number of years as a dailies colorist and today as a software developer.

Director Statement

My grandfather was a Chicago firefighter with a long career that provided for his family of seven children. He worked hard, made his way up the ranks, and had a good middle class life. That was possible in no small part because of a labor union. His story isn't unique either, our country's middle class was created by labor unions. To see politicians using taxpayer money to try to crush a union in North Riverside was deeply alarming to me. I have long believed that pointing a camera at something is the best way to achieve accountability in government and I believe this film does just that.