Apache 8 (2011)
• November 4th, 2011 • 0h 57min
Documentary
Overview
This is the story of the courageous all-female Apache 8 firefighting unit which has protected their reservation and responded to wildfires around the nation for 30 years. This group, which recently became co-ed, earned the reputation of being fierce, loyal and dependable--and tougher than their male colleagues. Despite facing gender stereotypes and the problems that come with life on the impoverished reservation, the women became known as some of the country's most elite firefighters. The film focuses on four women from different generations of Apache 8 crewmembers who speak tenderly and often humorously of hardship, loss, family, community and pride in being a firefighter.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Vera Klement: Blunt Edge
Released on: 2010-09-07
Documentary
As her 80th birthday is approaching, Vera Klement, an oil painter in Chicago, adamantly starts yet a...
The Female Lead - A Selection of Portraits
Released on: 2017-03-05
Documentary
The interviews show these extraordinary women sharing their diverse journeys, personal stories, and ...
Raising Renee
Released on: 2011-03-05
Documentary
RAISING RENEE is the story of a family's remarkable response to being broken apart and rearranged af...
La Cicciolina: Godmother of Scandal
Released on: 2017-05-10
Documentary
The personal and professional story of Ilona Staller, known as Cicciolina, is probably unique: she l...
Bone Wind Fire
Released on: 2011-10-09
Documentary
A journey into the hearts, minds and eyes of Georgia O’Keeffe, Emily Carr and Frida Kahlo - three of...
Woman on Fire
Released on: 2016-11-15
Documentary
Woman on Fire follows Brooke Guinan, the first openly transgender firefighter in New York City. A ch...
Tattoo Girls
Released on: 2018-04-01
Documentary
Tattoo girls is a memoir of life as it is and of women as they are. A window to the lives of seven w...
The Light in Her Eyes
Released on: 2011-11-01
Documentary
Houda al-Habash, a conservative Muslim preacher, founded a Qur'an school for girls in Damascus, Syri...
A Small Section of the World
Released on: 2014-01-01
Documentary
An inspirational story about a group of women from a remote farming region of Costa Rica whose ideas...
Lara
Released on: 2024-08-10
Documentary
Lara, a German au pair, recently arrived in Marseille, where a new life is beginning for her. Being ...
New Generation Queens: A Zanzibar Soccer Story
Released on: 2015-07-01
Documentary
On an island where religion bars women from playing soccer, the Queens resist cultural norms and cha...
Saudi Solutions
Released on: 2006-04-16
Documentary
How to combine modernity and fundamentalist Islam. "Saudi Solutions" is a unique and revealing docum...
9/11
Released on: 2002-03-10
Documentary
An on-the-scene documentary following the events of September 11, 2001 from an insider's view, throu...
Hotshot
Released on: 2023-10-02
Documentary
Imagine fighting a million acre wildfire, by hand, without any water. That's exactly what a Hotshot ...
Yellow Fever
Released on: 2012-09-01
Animation, Documentary
What does beauty look like? In this award-winning short, Kenyan filmmaker Ng’endo Mukii combines ani...
Himalaya: The Land of Women
Released on: 2012-01-11
Documentary
At an altitude of nearly 4,000 meters, Sking is one of the most isolated villages in the Himalayan r...
Fires of Kuwait
Released on: 1992-06-09
Documentary
After Saddam Hussein had the Kuwait Oil wells lit up, teams from all over the world fought those fir...
(In)Visible Women
Released on: 1991-01-01
Documentary
Women who are HIV-positive discuss how they "came out" about their infection and became politically ...
The Goddesses of Food
Released on: 2017-07-05
Documentary
From 3 stars chefs to female cooks, sommelières, entrepreneuses all around the world, meet innovativ...