Indigenous Movies

  • 2024
    Munkha

    Munkha

    Munkha

    02024HD

    In the snowy heart of Yakutia little girl Nyukku embarks on her first Munkha, Sakha traditional fishing. Filled with excitement and armed with her...

    Munkha
  • 2018
    Ward One

    Ward One

    Ward One

    02018HD

    An Old Fella teaches a Young Fella there are more ways than one to heal the spirit.

    Ward One
  • 2002
    Giraffe Dance / !Gwa Dance

    Giraffe Dance / !Gwa Dance

    Giraffe Dance / !Gwa Dance

    02002HD

    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...

    Giraffe Dance / !Gwa Dance
  • 2019
    Lupita

    Lupita

    Lupita

    7.82019HD

    In Mexico, a country where indigenous people are increasingly displaced and discriminated against, Lupita, a survivor of one of the worst massacres...

    Lupita
  • 2020
    Four Corners: Saving the Amazon

    Four Corners: Saving the Amazon

    Four Corners: Saving the Amazon

    72020HD

    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...

    Four Corners: Saving the Amazon
  • 2020
    The Song of the Butterflies

    The Song of the Butterflies

    The Song of the Butterflies

    02020HD

    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...

    The Song of the Butterflies
  • 2001
    Forever in Our Hearts: Memories of the Hebron Relocation

    Forever in Our Hearts: Memories of the Hebron Relocation

    Forever in Our Hearts: Memories of the Hebron Relocation

    02001HD

    In 1999, Innu community members who, 40 years previously, had been forcibly relocated from their remote northern region of Labrador to established...

    Forever in Our Hearts: Memories of the Hebron Relocation
  • 2020
    Stories Are in Our Bones

    Stories Are in Our Bones

    Stories Are in Our Bones

    02020HD

    In this layered short film, filmmaker Janine Windolph takes her young sons fishing with their kokum (grandmother), a residential school survivor who...

    Stories Are in Our Bones
  • 1971
    As Long as the Rivers Run

    As Long as the Rivers Run

    As Long as the Rivers Run

    01971HD

    Examines the violence and civil disobedience leading up to the hallmark decision in U.S. v. Washington, with particular reference to the Nisqually...

    As Long as the Rivers Run
  • 2023
    Katshinau

    Katshinau

    Katshinau

    62023HD

    In New France before the British Conquest, Marie, an indigenous slave, serves the local surgeon. Her daily life of household chores is bleak and...

    Katshinau
  • 2014
    Trick or Treaty?

    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...

    Trick or Treaty?
  • 1958
    The Living Stone

    The Living Stone

    The Living Stone

    5.81958HD

    The Living Stone is a 1958 Canadian short documentary film directed by John Feeney about Inuit art. It shows the inspiration behind Inuit sculpture....

    The Living Stone
  • 1992
    Sortir la spiritualité autochtone de la clandestinité

    Sortir la spiritualité autochtone de la clandestinité

    Sortir la spiritualité autochtone de la clandestinité

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    Sortir la spiritualité autochtone de la clandestinité
  • 1987
    Dancing Around the Table, Part One

    Dancing Around the Table, Part One

    Dancing Around the Table, Part One

    01987HD

    Dancing Around the Table: Part One provides a fascinating look at the crucial role Indigenous people played in shaping the Canadian Constitution. The...

    Dancing Around the Table, Part One
  • 2015
    Mother Tongue

    Mother Tongue

    Mother Tongue

    02015HD

    "Mother Tongue" chronicles the first time a documentary film about Guatemalan genocide in Guatemala was translated and dubbed into...

    Mother Tongue
  • 2024
    Our Maternal Home

    Our Maternal Home

    Our Maternal Home

    82024HD

    Filmmaker and educator Janine Windolph ventures from Saskatchewan to Quebec with her two teens and younger sister, tracing their familial origins to...

    Our Maternal Home
  • 2025
    My Grandmother’s Tipi

    My Grandmother’s Tipi

    My Grandmother’s Tipi

    02025HD

    “Nuuhkuum uumichiwaapim” (« My Grandmother’s Tipi ») is an exploration of the sensorial and textural experience of a...

    My Grandmother’s Tipi
  • 1985
    Contrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow Tribe

    Contrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow Tribe

    Contrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow Tribe

    01985HD

    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...

    Contrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow Tribe
  • 2021
    Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again

    Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again

    Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again

    82021HD

    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...

    Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again
  • 1993
    Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance

    Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance

    Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance

    7.41993HD

    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...

    Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance