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The Fire in Our Hearts ()
Directed by Josias Tschanz
“A community’s fight for land, truth, and autonomy.”
Documentary · 1h 33m
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.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Josias Tschanz
- Writer
- Josias Tschanz
- Director of Photography
- Josias Tschanz
- Producer
- Josias Tschanz
Details
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Countries
- Canada
- Production
- Counting Ants Productions