"So much love is present in the film..."
Meher Mount
Your Friday photo is a video honoring the showing of Tree of Fire at the recent We Regret to Inform You Film Festival…
Tree of Fire: A Story of Love and Resilience tells the incredible story of the loss, recovery and the spiritual connection of Baba’s Tree – a once-thriving oak, devastated by fire, that rises from the ashes to offer love and comfort.
The documentary received two awards at the We Regret to Inform You Film Festival (December 5-7, 2025) in Round Rock, Texas. Congratulations to Margaret Magnus and Ben Hoffman for Best Director of a Feature Documentary and to Ben Hoffman for Best Cinematography for a Feature Documentary.
This short video is of board member and storyteller Robert Turnage who attended the festival and is being interviewed on the red carpet.
“Tree of Fire is beautifully done. Watching it is a very moving and touching experience.
So much love is present in the film. That was the part that impacted me the most.
I think all who saw it felt something special. As one person said, you don’t have to a Meher Baba lover to appreciate it. Great job, great gift to the world.
I’ve come away feeling the love in the deep inner silence.”
About Tree of Fire: A Story of Love and Resilience
In December 2017, the Thomas Fire struck Meher Mount. The fire and high winds toppled and badly damaged Baba’s Tree. Volunteers worked together to give the tree the love and care it had given them for years.
Tree of Fire: A Story of Love and Resilience is the story told by the people who nursed the tree back to health and found new and meaningful ways to carry the legacy of Baba’s Tree forward.
Through personal testimonies, archival footage and breathtaking imagery, the film invites viewers to rediscover their own capacity for healing, transformation, and spiritual awakening.
Baba’s Tree was blessed by the presence of Avatar Meher Baba during His visit in 1956. From that moment forward, Baba’s Tree became a sacred space. Seekers from around the world are drawn to it for meditation, stillness, inspiration, and a connection with the Divine.
One of the We Regret to Inform You festival organizers, Grayson Berry of Grayson Berry Productions noted, “I had a few people approach me after the screening with glowing things to say about your film.”