FIREKEEPER ALLIANCE AND NEUROSIS PRESENT
“WE ARE TORN WIDE OPEN/MIRROR DEEP”
AN ORIGINAL SHORT FILM, OUT NOW
Firekeeper Alliance is proud to present an original short film created in collaboration with the legendary Neurosis, bringing together their music, storytelling, and young voices of the Blackfeet Nation.
At the heart of the project is the extraordinary work of filmmakers Jason Nix and Bobby Cochran, whose vision, creativity, and unwavering dedication transformed an ambitious idea into a powerful cinematic experience. Through countless hours of travel, filming, editing, and collaboration, they captured not only the breathtaking landscape of Blackfeet country, but the spirit of the people who call it home. Their artistry is a visual testament to the strength and power of this community.
The production also reflects the remarkable contributions of four amazing Browning Public Schools students who were deeply involved throughout every stage of the project. These incredible students served as actors, production assistants, location support, creative collaborators, and storytellers, working shoulder-to-shoulder with professional filmmakers and musicians. Their creativity, commitment, and lived experiences helped shape each aspect of the film, making it an authentic expression of youth leadership and community collaboration.
Neurosis will make their return to the stage at Fire In The Mountains this weekend.
Photo credit: Jason Nix and Bobby Cochran
About the experience, Neurosis’ Steve Von Til offers, “We are humbled and honored to have our music associated with the mission of Firekeeper Alliance and deeply moved by the collective work of tall involved. We have always believed that this emotionally intense underground music has provided us with a sense of purpose, community, and has been a creative outlet to help us make sense of our place in the world. We stand with Firekeeper Alliance in their mission to build connection, celebrate resilience, and strengthen protective factors against suicide.”
The film is set against two emotionally powerful tracks from Neurosis’ An Undying Love For A Burning World – “We Are Torn Wide Open” and “Mirror Deep;” It tells the story of four young people from Browning – Haley Running Crane, Paul Medicine Horse, Reb Pollock, and Dylan Fast Buffalo Horse – confronted by a malevolent spirit, expertly played by the wildly creative Sim Schildt. Rather than facing this darkness alone, these protagonists ultimately confront the entity and find strength through connection and a sense of belonging, demonstrating Firekeeper Alliance’s core belief that our greatest protection against suicide can be one another.
Director and founder of Firekeeper Alliance Charlie Speicher states, “The film serves as both an artistic collaboration and a reflection of Firekeeper Alliance’s mission to reduce suicide by strengthening the protective factors that sustain life. Through authentic human connection, we believe hope grows stronger when we stand together. This project represents what is possible when internationally respected artists, visionary filmmakers, educators, students, and the Blackfeet community unite around a shared purpose. We are deeply grateful to Neurosis, Jason Nix and Bobby Cochran; our student participants – Haley Running Crane, David Fast Buffalo Horse, Reb Pollock, and Paul Medicine Horse; “dark entity” Sim Schildt; Larry Ground and Lee Little Mustache, and everyone who helped bring this vision to life. We hope this film reminds viewers that even in our darkest moments, we are never meant to walk alone. Keep the fire burning.”
An Undying Love For A Burning World cover artwork
An Undying Love For A Burning World Track Listing:
1. We Are Torn Wide Open
2. Mirror Deep
3. First Red Rays
4. Blind
5. Seething And Scattered
6. Untethered
7. In The Waiting Hours
8. Last Light
PRAISE FOR AN UNDYING LOVE FOR A BURNING WORLD:
“Neurosis are at full strength and as devastating as ever”
Metal Hammer
“A relentless cathartic pummelling – a necessary soundtrack for the surreal ugliness of our current state of affairs”
The Wire
“… Neurosis’ best album in two decades and maybe even a quarter-century, a bright-eyed and hopeful rebirth from a band that’s not naïve enough to pretend life won’t eventually end in the dark. These eight songs demand we get on with the living, anyway.”
Pitchfork
“On every song, they warn listeners of modern society’s debasement and degradation and offer a life preserver in the form of their unique, foundation-rumbling thunder”
Rolling Stone
“a pivotal metal album”
The Quietus
“One of the most important bands in heavy music”
Daniel P Carter
“a harrowing confession of anxiety, of grief, of the inability to face the nightmare and reconcile with the horror of irreversible damage… Neurosis’ most apocalyptic in a long time”
Beats Per Minute
“Perseverance and resilience have always been their ethos, and they are not empty words but dictate their lives and creativity. Through this agony, they open up to the future with a work that proudly stands among their stellar discography.”
Pop Matters
“A wonderful and weighty thing, tense like a coiled spring, it breaths and spits fire and it demands your immediate submission.”
Louder Than War
Neurosis Live:
7/25/2026 Fire In The Mountains @ Red Eagle Campground – Blackfeet Nation, MT [tickets]
9/05/2026 Hellbender by The Orange Peel – Asheville, NC w/ Acid Bath, Melvins, Kylesa [tickets]
10/16/2026 The Fillmore – San Francisco, CA [tickets]
10/17/2026 The Fillmore – San Francisco, CA [tickets]
