Alexandra Lazarowich Movies

Eastern Shoshone medical student Jenna Murray spent summers on the Wind River Indian Reservation helping her grandpa in any way she could. When he...

The Blackfoot bareback horse-racing tradition returns in the astonishingly dangerous Indian Relay. Siksika horseman Allison Red Crow struggles with...

CREE CODE TALKER reveals the role of Canadian Cree code talker Charles 'Checker' Tomkins during the Second World War. Digging deep into the US...

A short film based on a true story: One night reveals a culture of violence when a Native American woman narrowly escapes sexual assault.

INAATE/SE/ re-imagines an ancient Ojibway story, the Seven Fires Prophecy, which both predates and predicts first contact with Europeans. A...

Adam Khalil and Bayley Sweitzer’s first feature as co-directors, Empty Metal takes place in a world similar to ours—one of mass...

Three intrepid women battle for Indigenous women's treaty rights.

Indigenous people have been misrepresented in film since the beginning of the Classic Hollywood Era, and people believe that Native Americans have...

Considered a staple of Florida tourism, alligator wrestling has been performed by members of the Seminole Tribe for over a century. As the practice...

A short documentary exploring the stories we tell about who we are and where we come from. Long Island, NY, is home to some of the oldest Indian...

Cree director Alexandra Lazarowich riffs off classic verité cinema to craft a contemporary portrait of Métis women net fishing in...

A meditation on memory and perseverance, this short film follows 75-year-old South Williamsburg resident Álvaro Brandon on his daily route to...

A short film about one of the most prominent yet often ignored landmarks of Los Sures, the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, (the BQE). The film examines...