8th Fire: Aboriginal Peoples, Canada & the Way Forward is a Canadian broadcast documentary series, which aired in 2012. Featuring television, radio and web broadcasting components, the series focused on the changing nature of Canada's relationship with its First Nations communities.[1]
The television component aired as a four-part documentary hosted by Wab Kinew as part of CBC Television's Doc Zone, while radio programming devoted to First Nations themes aired on a variety of CBC Radio series and the web component included content from a variety of contributors, including news coverage by CBC News reporters and a series of short films by 20 First Nations, Inuit and MĂ©tis reporters and filmmakers. The soundtrack for the documentary series was composed by Cris Derksen.
The series was a shortlisted nominee for the Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program, and for Best Cross-Platform Project, Non-Fiction, at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards.
8th Fire Episode 1 - Indigenous in the City[2]
8th Fire Episode 2 - It's Time![3]
8th Fire Episode 3 - Whose Land is it Anyway?
8th Fire Episode 4 - At the Crossroads