8th Fire

{{Short description|Canadian television documentary series}} {{italic title}} '''''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.<ref name=torstar>[http://www.toronto.com/article/710428--cbc-series-8th-fire-aims-to-dispel-native-stereotypes "CBC series 8th Fire aims to dispel native stereotypes"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305153629/http://www.toronto.com/article/710428--cbc-series-8th-fire-aims-to-dispel-native-stereotypes |date=2012-03-05 }}. ''Toronto Star'', January 17, 2012.</ref>

The television component aired as a four-part documentary hosted by Wab Kinew as part of CBC Television's ''Doc Zone'',<ref name=torstar /> 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 Métis 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.

== Episode == 8th Fire Episode 1 - Indigenous in the City<ref>{{Cite web|title=Indigenous in the City|url=https://curio.ca/en/video/indigenous-in-the-city-1408/|access-date=2021-10-19|website=curio.ca}}</ref>

8th Fire Episode 2 - It's Time!<ref>{{Cite web|title=It's Time!|url=https://curio.ca/en/video/its-time-1409/|access-date=2021-10-19|website=curio.ca}}</ref>

8th Fire Episode 3 - Whose Land is it Anyway?

8th Fire Episode 4 - At the Crossroads

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==External links== *[https://curio.ca/en/show/8th-fire-2419/ ''8th Fire'']

Category:2012 Canadian television series debuts Category:Canadian non-fiction web series Category:CBC Television original programming Category:First Nations television series Category:Documentary web series Category:2010s Canadian documentary television series