Indigenous Movies
- 2024
Munkha
Munkha02024HD
In the snowy heart of Yakutia little girl Nyukku embarks on her first Munkha, Sakha traditional fishing. Filled with excitement and armed with her...
- 2018
Ward One
Ward One02018HD
An Old Fella teaches a Young Fella there are more ways than one to heal the spirit.
- 2002
Giraffe Dance / !Gwa Dance
Giraffe Dance / !Gwa Dance02002HD
Men and women of the !Kung people in Ojokhoe, Namibia perform healing dances by firelight. First we see men perform the giraffe dance, and then...
- 2019
Lupita
Lupita7.82019HD
In Mexico, a country where indigenous people are increasingly displaced and discriminated against, Lupita, a survivor of one of the worst massacres...
- 2020
Four Corners: Saving the Amazon
Four Corners: Saving the Amazon72020HD
The Amazon plays a vital part in regulating the planet's temperature. Yet, last year, forest destruction in the Brazilian Amazon soared by 85 per...
- 2020
The Song of the Butterflies
The Song of the Butterflies02020HD
Rember Yahuarcani is an indigenous artist from the Uitoto Nation who lives in Lima, Peru. From his clan, the White Heron, only two families remain in...
- 2001
Forever in Our Hearts: Memories of the Hebron Relocation
Forever in Our Hearts: Memories of the Hebron Relocation02001HD
In 1999, Innu community members who, 40 years previously, had been forcibly relocated from their remote northern region of Labrador to established...
- 2020
Stories Are in Our Bones
Stories Are in Our Bones02020HD
In this layered short film, filmmaker Janine Windolph takes her young sons fishing with their kokum (grandmother), a residential school survivor who...
- 1971
As Long as the Rivers Run
As Long as the Rivers Run01971HD
Examines the violence and civil disobedience leading up to the hallmark decision in U.S. v. Washington, with particular reference to the Nisqually...
- 2023
Katshinau
Katshinau62023HD
In New France before the British Conquest, Marie, an indigenous slave, serves the local surgeon. Her daily life of household chores is bleak and...
- 2014
Trick or Treaty?
Trick or Treaty?02014HD
Legendary Canadian documentarian Alanis Obomsawin digs into the tangled history of Treaty 9 — the infamous 1905 agreement wherein First Nations...
- 1958
The Living Stone
The Living Stone5.81958HD
The Living Stone is a 1958 Canadian short documentary film directed by John Feeney about Inuit art. It shows the inspiration behind Inuit sculpture....
- 1992
Sortir la spiritualité autochtone de la clandestinité
Sortir la spiritualité autochtone de la clandestinité01992HD
- 1987
Dancing Around the Table, Part One
Dancing Around the Table, Part One01987HD
Dancing Around the Table: Part One provides a fascinating look at the crucial role Indigenous people played in shaping the Canadian Constitution. The...
- 2015
Mother Tongue
Mother Tongue02015HD
"Mother Tongue" chronicles the first time a documentary film about Guatemalan genocide in Guatemala was translated and dubbed into...
- 2024
Our Maternal Home
Our Maternal Home82024HD
Filmmaker and educator Janine Windolph ventures from Saskatchewan to Quebec with her two teens and younger sister, tracing their familial origins to...
- 2025
My Grandmother’s Tipi
My Grandmother’s Tipi02025HD
“Nuuhkuum uumichiwaapim” (« My Grandmother’s Tipi ») is an exploration of the sensorial and textural experience of a...
- 1985
Contrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow Tribe
Contrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow Tribe01985HD
Examines the impact a century of struggling for survival has on a native people. It weaves the Crow tribe's turbulent past with modern-day accounts...
- 2021
Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again
Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again82021HD
After marrying a settler, Mary Two-Axe Earley lost her legal status as a First Nations woman. Dedicating her life to activism, she campaigned to have...
- 1993
Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance
Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance7.41993HD
In July 1990, a dispute over a proposed golf course to be built on Kanien’kéhaka (Mohawk) lands in Oka, Quebec, sets the stage for a...