A New Inferno

Directed by Nita Blum-Reddick, Jonathan Pickett · Starring Colter Fosdick, Jeremy Heckel, Roy Lewis, Jason Smith · 2026

During Phoenix's hottest summer days, paramedics race to save heatstroke victims using a radical new treatment: ice immersion therapy.

An urgent, on-the-ground look at the frontline of extreme heat, from NYT Op-Docs.

Filmed during the hottest days of Phoenix, Arizona’s summer heatwave, A NEW INFERNO follows paramedics as they race to save the lives of heatstroke victims using a radical new treatment: ice immersion therapy.

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