The Fire in Our Hearts
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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Cast
Stewart Alcock
Cole Bender
Brad Blackwel
Gary Blackwell
Joanne Brown
Hazel Burt
John Casimet
Ryan Chapman
Walt Cravey
David Eby
Monika Eriksen
Jessica Gessel
Todd Gutteridge
Kira Hoffman
Wolfram Hummel
Rise Johansen
Jeff Kelly
Robert Krause
Clint Lambert
Corrina Leween
Bowinn Ma
Faith Martin
Shaunna Lewis
Gary Martin
Taylor McDonald
Ed Moman
Mike Moulton
Ginger Moyah
Margaret Neave
Frank Peebles
Angelika Poss
Dan Probst
Chantal Reid
Mike Robertson
Charlie Rensby
Pixie Robertson
John Rustad
Nolan Thiffault
Chantal Tom
Hans Tschanz
Josias Tschanz
Lisa Tscha
Scott Zayac
