8th Fire

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.

The television component aired as a four-part documentary series 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 other CBC News reporters and a series of short films by 20 First Nations, Inuit and Métis reporters and filmmakers.

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 2013 Canadian Screen Awards.

Created By

Cris Derksen

Status

Ended

Original Name

8th Fire

First Air Date

January 6, 2012

Last Air Date

January 27, 2012

Seasons

1

Episodes

4

Language

English

Production Companies

S01E04

At the Crossroads

Young Aboriginals are prepared to change the future and build a new relationship with Canada.

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