The Fire in Our Hearts

The Fire in Our Hearts

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

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Runtime: 1h 33min
  • Production Company: Counting Ants Productions
  • Production Country: Canada
  • Director: Josias Tschanz

Summary

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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  • Stewart Alcock

    as himself

  • Cole Bender

    as himself

  • Brad Blackwel

    as himself

  • Gary Blackwell

    as himself

  • Joanne Brown

    as herself

  • Hazel Burt

    as herself

  • John Casimet

    as himself

  • Ryan Chapman

    as himself

  • Walt Cravey

    as himself

  • David Eby

    as himself

  • Monika Eriksen

    as herself

  • Jessica Gessel

    as herself

  • Todd Gutteridge

    as himself

  • Kira Hoffman

    as herself

  • Wolfram Hummel

    as himself

  • Rise Johansen

    as herself

  • Jeff Kelly

    as himself

  • Robert Krause

    as himself

  • Clint Lambert

    as himself

  • Corrina Leween

    as herself

  • Bowinn Ma

    as herself

  • Faith Martin

    as himself

  • Shaunna Lewis

    as herself

  • Gary Martin

    as himself

  • Taylor McDonald

    as himself

  • Ed Moman

    as himself

  • Mike Moulton

    as himself

  • Ginger Moyah

    as herself

  • Margaret Neave

    as herself

  • Frank Peebles

    as himself

  • Angelika Poss

    as herself

  • Dan Probst

    as himself

  • Chantal Reid

    as herself

  • Mike Robertson

    as himself

  • Charlie Rensby

    as himself

  • Pixie Robertson

    as herself

  • John Rustad

    as himself

  • Nolan Thiffault

    as himself

  • Chantal Tom

    as herself

  • Hans Tschanz

    as himself

  • Josias Tschanz

    as himself

  • Lisa Tscha

    as herself

  • Scott Zayac

    as himself
Directing Josias Tschanz Director
Production Rachel Ahtila Associate Producer
Production Guido Baechler Executive Producer
Production Marcel Baechler Executive Producer
Production Angelika Posselt Executive Producer
Production Klaus Posselt Executive Producer
Production Erin Puckey Associate Producer
Production Cindy Shelford Co-Producer
Production Jason W Thomas Associate Producer
Production Josias Tschanz Producer
Sound Cayne McKenzie Music
Camera Josias Tschanz Director of Photography
Camera Rachel Ahtila Additional Photography
Camera Jack Major Additional Photography
Camera Jason W Thompson Additional Photography
Editing Georgie Daburas Additional Editing
Editing Andrew Huculiak Lead Editor
Editing Simon Huculiak Additional Editing
Editing Jeffrey Thompson Additional Editing
Sound Humberto Corte Sound Designer
Sound Cayne McKenzie Sound Assistant
Crew Joseph Schweers Visual Effects Art Director
Camera Jared Johnson Camera Operator
Camera Nicole Ogen Camera Operator
Camera David Edward Valentine Spidel Camera Operator
Camera Gabriella Tschanz Camera Operator
Camera Max Vignette Camera Operator
Visual Effects Joseph Schweers Animation
Editing Joseph Schweers Colorist
Editing Jeffrey M. Thompson Additional Colorist
Writing Josias Tschanz Writer

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