Indigenous Movies
- 2022
Powerlands
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A young Navajo filmmaker investigates displacement of Indigenous people and devastation of the environment caused by the same chemical companies that...
- 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...
- 1998
Yuxweluptun: Man of Masks
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This short documentary serves as a portrait of Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun, one of Canada's most important painters. We meet him at the Bisley Rifle...
- 2015
Crash Site
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After her parents' death, Kaley must move from the reserve to the city to live with her older sister. After an argument, Kaley runs away to return...
- 1970
The Return of Nóouhàh-Toka’na
The Return of Nóouhàh-Toka’na01970HD
Nóouhàh-Toka’na, known as swift fox in English, once roamed the North American Great Plains from Canada to Texas. Like bison,...
- 2018
Caribou in the Archive
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In Caribou in the Archive, rustic VHS home video of a Cree woman hunting caribou in the 1990s is combined with NFB archival film footage of northern...
- 2014
No Word For Worry
No Word For Worry02014HD
As a sea nomad, Hook grew up with the ocean as his universe. Now he must make a courageous voyage to salvage the remains of his dying culture
- 2021
Lady Warrior
Lady Warrior02021HD
This documentary follows a Cree woman as she takes on the Indian Relay race season, as well as the Canadian authorities in her quest to give Missing...
- 1972
History of Manawan - Part Two
History of Manawan - Part Two01972HD
Atikamekw elder Cézar Néwashish continues to recount the history of the community of Manawan that first began in The History of...
- 2004
Two Worlds Colliding
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This documentary chronicles the story of Darrell Night, an Indigenous man who was dumped by two police officers in a barren field on the outskirts of...
- 1999
Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer
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As the name of this short film promises, a filmmaker (Merata Mita), a cook (Anne Thorp) and a singer (Moana Maniapoto) sit down for an interview at...
- 1970
Rehab
Rehab01970HD
A First Nations man takes a famous actor back to the reserve to help him cope with his drug addiction.
- 2023
Cu-ckoo
Cu-ckoo02023HD
After moving to a new house, the hero meets an unknown girl-neighbor and immediately becomes a witness of inexplicable events. Trying to understand...
- 2017
Idle no More
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Ginger Côté uses the words of Heather Archibald, an activist who grew up in foster care and who died, to honor the memory of the young...
- 2015
Mother Tongue
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"Mother Tongue" chronicles the first time a documentary film about Guatemalan genocide in Guatemala was translated and dubbed into...
- 2017
Chocholteco. La niña de la lanilla
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- 2013
Tokyo Ainu
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TOKYO Ainu features the Ainu, an indigenous people of Japan, living in Greater Tokyo (Tokyo and its surrounding areas), who are and actively in...
- 2019
nîpawistamâsowin : We Will Stand Up
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On August 9, 2016, a young Cree man named Colten Boushie died from a gunshot to the back of his head after entering Gerald Stanley's rural property...
- 1977
Kevin Alec
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In the mountainous country near Lillooet, British Columbia, eleven-year-old Kevin Alec of the Fountain Indian Reserve learns to make fishnets with...
- 1983
Les six saisons des attikameks
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