As Long as the Rivers Flow is a five-part documentary series that examines different aspects of the native struggle for self-determination. Control of the media as a means of self-determination: that's the motivating idea of the film "Starting Fire with Gunpowder". The film chronicles the origins and achievements of the Inuit Broadcasting Corporation (the IBC), a model for aboriginal broadcasters the world over. That IBC has helped keep the Inuit culture and language alive is irrefutable: documentary, drama,animation, and children's programs record traditional practices and techniques, recreates legends, re-enact problems that afflict the stability of Inuit family life, and create Inuit role models, all in the native Inuit language. The film explores how Inuit television has become a critical element in the creation of a modern Inuit nation in Canada's Arctic.