The exploits of Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan will air later this month on CBC, which has skedded the Gordon Henderson film The Crazy Eights in its Doc Zone slot on March 29. The hour-long piece follows Henderson (Canada: A People’s History) as he tags along with the battle-scarred eighth platoon of the Royal Canadian Regiment, the same group that was accidentally cut down by a U.S. plane last September.

‘I wanted to experience the soldier’s everyday life,’ says Henderson in a release. ‘The Crazy Eights is not an analysis of the war. Its purpose is to give Canadians a sense of what our soldiers are going through.’

Henderson produced, directed and wrote the doc, working with 90th Parallel Film and Television in Toronto, cameraman Jerry Vienneau (Planet Parent) and editor Geoff Matheson (Ghosts of Lomako).

The platoon has seen more action than any Canadian unit since the Korean War. Following the accident last year, only eight of its 40 soldiers were left standing. They returned to Canada last month. Doc Zone runs Thursdays at 8 p.m.