The villain of “Rebuilding” is never shown, and that’s for the better. Embers swirl in the film’s opening titles amid the roar of a conflagration. When the first images appear — a smoky stand of scorched pines, their silhouettes black against the haze — you’re glad the violence and destruction stayed offscreen.

Natural disasters in TV and film are sadly familiar. But what does it look like after the news cameras move on? Wildfires in Colorado and elsewhere may darken our skies, but a figurative cloaking can also occur within survivors’ minds, as we see in “Rebuilding,” which embraces the subject with uncommon heart.

Written by and directed by Telluride-area native Max Walker-Silverman, “Rebuilding” is an elegant and spiritual look at the choices faced by survivors, who are already juggli

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