''8th Fire: Aboriginal Peoples, Canada & the Way Forward'' is a Canadian broadcast
documentary series
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Television documentaries exist either as a television documentary series or as a television documentary film.
* Television documentary series, sometimes called d ...
, 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
First nations are indigenous settlers or bands.
First Nations, first nations, or first peoples may also refer to:
Indigenous groups
*List of Indigenous peoples
*First Nations in Canada, Indigenous peoples of Canada who are neither Inuit nor Mé ...
Toronto Star
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'', January 17, 2012.
The television component aired as a four-part documentary hosted by
Wab Kinew
Wabanakwut "Wab" Kinew (born December 31, 1981) is a Canadian politician who has served as the 25th premier of Manitoba since October 18, 2023 and the leader of the Manitoba New Democratic Party (NDP) since September 16, 2017. Kinew represents ...
as part of CBC Television's ''
Doc Zone
''Doc Zone'' was a documentary series on CBC Television which showed both independently produced and in-house productions. It was presented by the author, actor and playwright Ann-Marie MacDonald.
The series started in 2006 and concluded in 2015, ...
'', while radio programming devoted to First Nations themes aired on a variety of
CBC Radio
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series and the web component included content from a variety of contributors, including news coverage by CBC News reporters and a series of
short film
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s by 20 First Nations,
Inuit
Inuit (singular: Inuk) are a group of culturally and historically similar Indigenous peoples traditionally inhabiting the Arctic and Subarctic regions of North America and Russia, including Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwe ...
and
Métis
The Métis ( , , , ) are a mixed-race Indigenous people whose historical homelands include Canada's three Prairie Provinces extending into parts of Ontario, British Columbia, the Northwest Territories and the northwest United States. They ha ...
reporters and filmmakers. The soundtrack for the documentary series was composed by
Cris Derksen
Cris Derksen is a two-spirit Juno Award–nominated Cree cellist from Northern Alberta, Canada. Derksen is known for her unique musical sound which blends classical music with traditional Indigenous music. Her music is often described as "electr ...
.
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