Apache 8

Apache Women Firefighters

57 mins
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.

Dustinn Craig

Story Consultant

Sande Zeig

Producer

Susan Lazarus

Co-Producer

Maryse Alberti

Director of Photography

Sande Zeig

Director

Heather Rae

Executive Producer

Pearl Harvey

Associate Producer

Andrew Rosenthal

Executive Producer

Pam DeMetruis-Thomas

Supervising Sound Editor

Vicky Wight

Co-Producer

Lisa Crafts

Animation

Irene Kassow

Additional Editor

Martin Czembor

Recording Supervision

Sarah-Rose Meredith

Assistant Editor

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