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The Fire in Our Hearts

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

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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.

Directed byJosias Tschanz

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 33m
Language
EN
Studios
Counting Ants Productions

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The Fire In Our Hearts - Official trailer

The Fire In Our Hearts - Official trailer

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Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring

Stewart Alcock

himself

Cole Bender

himself

Brad Blackwel

himself

Gary Blackwell

himself

Joanne Brown

herself

Hazel Burt

herself

John Casimet

himself

Ryan Chapman

himself

Walt Cravey

himself

David Eby

himself

Creative team
Directed by
Josias Tschanz
Written by
Josias Tschanz
Produced by
Josias Tschanz

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