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The Fire in Our Hearts

"A community’s fight for land, truth, and autonomy."

On British Columbia’s remote Southside, wildfire is not an abstract threat—it is a lived reality. As flames close in on a frontier community, the Cheslatta Carrier Nation and their neighbours face an impossible choice: evacuate, or stay to protect the land that defines them. With limited access and little outside support, the community responds collectively, drawing on Indigenous leadership, cooperation, and generations of knowledge to confront the fire in near isolation. In the aftermath, the burn reveals a long-erased Cheslatta village site, resurfacing a suppressed history just as their response gains wider attention as a model for resilience. But when the flames recede, new constraints emerge—raising questions about the limits of community-led action, and the fragile balance between survival, autonomy, and authority.

Top Cast

  • Stewart Alcock

    Stewart Alcock

    himself

  • Cole Bender

    Cole Bender

    himself

  • Brad Blackwel

    Brad Blackwel

    himself

  • Gary Blackwell

    Gary Blackwell

    himself

  • Joanne Brown

    Joanne Brown

    herself

  • Hazel Burt

    Hazel Burt

    herself

  • John Casimet

    John Casimet

    himself

  • Ryan Chapman

    Ryan Chapman

    himself

  • Walt Cravey

    Walt Cravey

    himself

Overview

On British Columbia’s remote Southside, wildfire is not an abstract threat—it is a lived reality. As flames close in on a frontier community, the Cheslatta Carrier Nation and their neighbours face an impossible choice: evacuate, or stay to protect the land that defines them. With limited access and little outside support, the community responds collectively, drawing on Indigenous leadership, cooperation, and generations of knowledge to confront the fire in near isolation. In the aftermath, the burn reveals a long-erased Cheslatta village site, resurfacing a suppressed history just as their response gains wider attention as a model for resilience. But when the flames recede, new constraints emerge—raising questions about the limits of community-led action, and the fragile balance between survival, autonomy, and authority.

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