Fire Tender
Fire Tender is a short documentary amplifying the voices and efforts of Yurok tribal members as they engage in cultural burning and other traditional practices toward ecological, cultural, and spiritual sustenance.
Fire Tender is a short documentary amplifying the voices and efforts of Yurok tribal members as they engage in cultural burning and other traditional practices toward ecological, cultural, and spiritual sustenance. The film’s story centers around contemporary Yurok women and their efforts to return Indigenous relationship with fire to the land. Fire Tender is about heeding the knowledge of Indigenous lifeways toward healing and nourishing both land and people.
Film Topics Include:
RoniI Jo Draper, Ph.D.
DirectorMarissa Lila
DirectorJenni Lee Smith
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